VDB-109474 · CVE-2017-12350 · BID 101879

Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance up to 2.1.0 Hypervisor hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance up to 2.1.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Hypervisor. Executing a manipulation can lead to hard-coded credentials. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-12350. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance up to 2.1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Hypervisor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliances 2.1.0 and earlier could allow an authenticated, local attacker to log in to an affected virtual appliance with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to the presence of default, static user credentials for an affected virtual appliance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the hypervisor console to connect locally to an affected system and then using the static credentials to log in to an affected virtual appliance. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected appliance with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg31220.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2017. The weakness was shared 11/16/2017 by David Coomber as cisco-sa-20171115-uva as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-12350 since 08/03/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/07/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 101879†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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08/03/2017 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20171115-uva
Researcher: David Coomber
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12350 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12350
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109474
SecurityFocus: 101879 - Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance CVE-2017-12350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/16/2017 17:41
Updated: 12/07/2019 08:49
Changes: 11/16/2017 17:41 (60), 12/07/2019 08:49 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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