VDB-62818 · CVE-2012-5417 · BID 56348

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager up to 5.x access control

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager up to 5.x. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) before 6.1(1) does not properly restrict access to certain JBoss MainDeployer functionality, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via JBoss Application Server Remote Method Invocation (RMI) services, aka Bug ID CSCtz44924.

The weakness was presented 11/02/2012 by Paul O'Grady with Security Compass (Website). The advisory is available at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-5417 since 10/17/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 12/19/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67247 (Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager RMI Remote Code Execution (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely.

Upgrading to version 5.2%282a%29 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (67247). See VDB-35113 for similar entry.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 67247
Nessus Name: Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager RMI Remote Code Execution (uncredentialed check)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Prime Data Center Network Manager 5.2%282a%29

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10/17/2012 🔍
10/31/2012 +14 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +870 days 🔍
12/19/2021 +2462 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Paul O'Grady
Organization: Security Compass
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-5417 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1027712 - Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager JBoss RMI Services Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands
Vulnerability Center: 36931 - [cisco-sa-20121031-dcnm] Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Critical
SecurityFocus: 56348 - Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/19/2021 16:12
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (63), 04/20/2017 13:53 (9), 12/19/2021 16:12 (3)
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Cache ID: 3:4CB:103

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