VDB-113667 · CVE-2018-0130 · BID 103116

Cisco Elastic Services Controller 3.0.0 Web Service Portal JSON Web Token access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Elastic Services Controller 3.0.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Service Portal. Performing a manipulation as part of JSON Web Token results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-0130. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Elastic Services Controller 3.0.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Web Service Portal. The manipulation as part of a JSON Web Token leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the use of JSON web tokens by the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain administrative access to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the presence of static default credentials for the web-based service portal of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the credentials from an image of the affected software and using those credentials to generate a valid administrative session token for the web-based service portal of any other installation of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based service portal of an affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software Release 3.0.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg30884.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/22/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20180221-esc1 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0130 since 11/27/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 02/04/2021). 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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 103116†). The entry VDB-113665 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Elastic Services Controller

Version

3.0.0

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

11/27/2017 🔍
02/21/2018 +86 days 🔍
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02/22/2018 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20180221-esc1
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0130 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0130
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113667
SecurityFocus: 103116 - Cisco Elastic Services Controller CVE-2018-0130 Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/22/2018 07:27
Updated: 02/04/2021 13:15
Changes: 02/22/2018 07:27 (62), 01/07/2020 15:48 (5), 02/04/2021 13:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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