Cisco Unified Computing System Software 2.0 access control

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Computing System Software 2.0 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly restrict command-line options, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCtf40008, CSCtg18363, CSCtr44645, CSCts10195, and CSCts10188.

The weakness was shared 10/27/2011 as 24458 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2569. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/24/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12351.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (70975).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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06/27/2011 🔍
10/27/2011 +122 days 🔍
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07/30/2012 +277 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +966 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 24458
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2569 (🔍)
X-Force: 70975
Vulnerability Center: 35764 - Cisco Nexus OS and Cisco Unified Computing System Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/24/2021 20:44
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (52), 04/15/2017 16:06 (9), 11/24/2021 20:44 (3)
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