Cisco Web Security Appliance SSH Key information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Web Security Appliance (Anti-Malware Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component SSH Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 06/25/2015 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20150625-ironport as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-4216 since 06/04/2015. 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. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84501 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43030 (Cisco Virtual WSA, ESA, and SMA Multiple Default SSH Keys Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20150625-ironport)).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (104072), Tenable (84501), SecurityFocus (BID 75417†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50713†). Similar entry is available at VDB-76091. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 84501
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Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20150625-ironport
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4216 (🔍)
X-Force: 104072 - Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance SSH keys privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 75417 - Multiple Cisco Products CVE-2015-4216 Default SSH Host Keys Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032725
Vulnerability Center: 50713 - [cisco-sa-20150625-ironport] Cisco WSAv, ESAv and SMAv Remote Bypass Restrictions due to Use of Same SSH Key Across Different Installations, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2015 09:44 AM
Updated: 05/21/2022 09:41 PM
Changes: 06/26/2015 09:44 AM (63), 07/01/2017 08:13 AM (3), 05/21/2022 09:16 PM (4), 05/21/2022 09:28 PM (1), 05/21/2022 09:41 PM (1)
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