Cisco Wireless Control System up to 3.x Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Wireless Control System up to 3.x. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The internal database in Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) for Linux and Windows before 3.2(51) uses an undocumented, hard-coded username and password, which allows remote authenticated users to read, and possibly modify, sensitive configuration data (aka bugs CSCsd15955).

The bug was discovered 06/28/2006. The weakness was disclosed 06/28/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3285 since 06/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.2(51) eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be adding authentication.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27438). The entries 31067, 31066, 31065 and 31064 are pretty similar.

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  • end of life (old version)

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Upgrade: Wireless Control System 3.2(51)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3285 (🔍)
X-Force: 27438
SecurityTracker: 1016398
Vulnerability Center: 12126 - [cisco-sa-20060628-wcs] Cisco Wireless Control System Allows Remote Unauthenticated Access, Medium
SecurityFocus: 18701 - Cisco Wireless Control System Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20870 - Cisco Wireless Control System Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26884 - Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) Internal Database Persistent Account Remote Access
Vupen: ADV-2006-2583

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/21/2019 16:51
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (69), 06/21/2019 16:51 (1)
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