Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.1(0.920a) Boot Manager credentials management
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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.1(0.920a). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Boot Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The boot manager in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 1.1(0.920a) allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain single-user-mode root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuu83985.
The weakness was published 12/18/2015 with Cisco as CSCuu83985 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6424 since 08/17/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Credentials managementCWE: CWE-255
ATT&CK: T1552
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Access Bypass Vulnerability
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Timeline
08/17/2015 🔍12/16/2015 🔍
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12/21/2015 🔍
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07/01/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: CSCuu83985
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6424 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034468
Vulnerability Center: 55344 - [cisco-sa-20151216-apic] Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Local Privilege Escalation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 79410 - Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 12/22/2015 10:15Updated: 07/01/2022 12:59
Changes: 12/22/2015 10:15 (49), 06/19/2018 21:02 (14), 07/01/2022 12:59 (3)
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