Cisco Wide Area Application Services up to 5.1.0 code injection

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Cisco Wide Area Application Services up to 5.1.0. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.1.1 before 5.1.1e, when SharePoint prefetch optimization is enabled, allows remote SharePoint servers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed response, aka Bug ID CSCue18479.

The weakness was released 05/25/2014 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-2196 since 02/25/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/21/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 5.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (93282).

Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Wide Area Application Services

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life (old version)

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wide Area Application Services 5.1.1

Timelineinfo

02/25/2014 🔍
05/21/2014 +85 days 🔍
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05/26/2014 +1 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +303 days 🔍
03/21/2022 +2553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-2196 (🔍)
X-Force: 93282
SecurityTracker: 1030265
Vulnerability Center: 44637 - [cisco-sa-20140521-waas] Cisco WAAS Remote Code Execution via a Malformed Response - CVE-2014-2196, Critical
SecurityFocus: 67551 - Cisco Wide Area Application Services CVE-2014-2196 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/21/2022 19:43
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (55), 05/29/2017 08:47 (4), 03/21/2022 19:43 (3)
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