Cisco Mobility Services Engine up to 8.0.120.7 SSH credentials management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Mobility Services Engine up to 8.0.120.7. This affects an unknown code of the component SSH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The default configuration of sshd_config in Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE) through 8.0.120.7 allows logins by the oracle account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by entering this account's hardcoded password in an SSH session, aka Bug ID CSCuv40501.

The weakness was presented 11/06/2015 as CSCuv40501 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6316 since 08/17/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86912 (Cisco MSE <= 8.0.120.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38653 (Cisco Mobility Services Engine Static Credential Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86912). See 79071 for similar entry.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
ATT&CK: T1552

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Nessus ID: 86912
Nessus Name: Cisco MSE <= 8.0.120.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Mobility Services Engine: Default Password `XmlDba123` for `oracle` account.
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuv40501
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6316 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034065
Vulnerability Center: 54413 - [cisco-sa-20151104-mse-cred] Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE) <=8.0.120.7 Remote Code Execution via SSH, High
SecurityFocus: 77432

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Created: 11/09/2015 10:30
Updated: 06/26/2022 12:13
Changes: 11/09/2015 10:30 (59), 04/12/2018 17:19 (13), 06/26/2022 12:13 (2)
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