Cisco Policy Suite CPS up to 7.5.0 Password Management RBAC access control

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Policy Suite CPS up to 7.5.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Password Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (RBAC). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The password-management administration component in Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) 7.0.1.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.2-att, 7.0.3-att, 7.0.4-att, and 7.5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended RBAC restrictions and read unspecified data via unknown vectors, aka Bug ID CSCut85211.

The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2016 as CSCut85211 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1357 since 01/03/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2018). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 84124†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57013†).

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Name: RBAC
Class: Access control / RBAC
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCut85211
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1357 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 84124 - Cisco Policy Suite CVE-2016-1357 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 57013 - [cisco-sa-20160302-psc] Cisco Policy Suite Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Password Management Administration, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2016 07:09 PM
Updated: 09/01/2018 08:43 AM
Changes: 03/06/2016 07:09 PM (58), 09/01/2018 08:43 AM (9)
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