Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance up to 10.x Username improper authentication

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance up to 10.x (Groupware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Username
with the input value cmuser
leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance before 11.0 has a hardcoded cmuser account, which allows remote attackers to obtain access by establishing an SSH session and leveraging knowledge of this account's password, aka Bug ID CSCus62707.
The weakness was presented 12/13/2015 as CSCus62707 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6389 since 08/17/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87506 (Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Default 'cmuser' Credentials (cisco-sa-20151209-pca)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38664 (Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Default Account Credential Vulnerability).
Upgrading to version 11.0 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 databases at Tenable (87506), SecurityFocus (BID 78738†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55225†).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 87506
Nessus Name: Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Default 'cmuser' Credentials (cisco-sa-20151209-pca)
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Upgrade: Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: CSCus62707
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6389 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 78738
SecurityTracker: 1034361
Vulnerability Center: 55225 - [cisco-sa-20151209-pca] Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance before 11.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Entry
Created: 12/14/2015 09:30 AMUpdated: 06/30/2022 09:49 PM
Changes: 12/14/2015 09:30 AM (54), 05/14/2018 10:39 AM (16), 06/30/2022 09:49 PM (2)
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