VDB-126572 · CVE-2018-0284 · BID 105878

Cisco Meraki MR/Meraki MS/Meraki MX/Meraki Z1/Meraki Z3 Local Status Page access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Cisco Meraki MR, Meraki MS, Meraki MX, Meraki Z1 and Meraki Z3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Local Status Page. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0284. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Meraki MR, Meraki MS, Meraki MX, Meraki Z1 and Meraki Z3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Local Status Page. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the local status page functionality of the Cisco Meraki MR, MS, MX, Z1, and Z3 product lines could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify device configuration files. The vulnerability occurs when handling requests to the local status page. An exploit could allow the attacker to establish an interactive session to the device with elevated privileges. The attacker could then use the elevated privileges to further compromise the device or obtain additional configuration data from the device that is being exploited.

The bug was discovered 11/07/2018. The weakness was disclosed 11/08/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20181107-meraki as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-0284 since 11/27/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/11/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 105878†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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11/27/2017 🔍
11/07/2018 +345 days 🔍
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11/08/2018 +1 days 🔍
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11/09/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/11/2020 +519 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20181107-meraki
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-0284 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0284
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126572
SecurityFocus: 105878 - Cisco Meraki CVE-2018-0284 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2018 07:43
Updated: 04/11/2020 06:56
Changes: 11/09/2018 07:43 (59), 04/11/2020 06:56 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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