Cisco NX-OS Stream Editor Filter access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco NX-OS. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Stream Editor Filter. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-4077. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco NX-OS (Router Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Stream Editor Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cisco NX-OS allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via the sed e option, aka Bug IDs CSCtf25457 and CSCtf27651.

The weakness was shared 10/04/2013 as CSCtf25457 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4077 since 07/31/2012. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87677), SecurityFocus (BID 62849†), OSVDB (98127†), Secunia (SA55191†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42147†). The entries VDB-10607, VDB-10606, VDB-10605 and VDB-10603 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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07/31/2012 🔍
10/04/2013 +430 days 🔍
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10/08/2013 +4 days 🔍
10/11/2013 +3 days 🔍
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10/31/2013 +18 days 🔍
05/14/2017 +1291 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCtf25457
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4077 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4077
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10604
X-Force: 87677
SecurityFocus: 62849
Secunia: 55191 - Cisco Multiple Products NX-OS sed "e" Option Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 98127
Vulnerability Center: 42147 - Cisco NX-OS Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Via the sed Option, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2013 18:36
Updated: 05/14/2017 10:06
Changes: 10/08/2013 18:36 (64), 05/14/2017 10:06 (2)
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