Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1 Web Management Interface access control

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-0322. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1 (Groupware Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 web management interface of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify sensitive data that is associated with arbitrary accounts on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a failure to enforce access restrictions on the Help Desk and User Provisioning roles that are assigned to authenticated users. This failure could allow an authenticated attacker to modify critical attributes of higher-privileged accounts on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain elevated privileges on the device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) Releases 12.1 and prior. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd61779.

The bug was discovered 06/06/2018. The weakness was published 06/07/2018 as cisco-sa-20180606-prime-access as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0322 since 11/27/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A 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 03/22/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38714 (Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Multiple Vulnerabilities(cisco-sa-20180606-prime-access,cisco-sa-20180606-prime-sql)).

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 104443†). Similar entry is available at VDB-119233. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Groupware Software

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• Cisco

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• Prime Collaboration Provisioning

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• 12.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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