VDB-126587 · CVE-2018-15450 · BID 105864

Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Web-based UI input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based UI. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-15450. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (Groupware Software) (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based UI of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite files on the file system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specific UI input field to provide a custom path location. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite files on the file system.

The bug was discovered 11/07/2018. The weakness was disclosed 11/08/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20181107-pca-overwrit as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-15450 since 08/17/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. 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 06/05/2023).

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 105864†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Groupware Software

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Prime Collaboration Assurance

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/17/2018 🔍
11/07/2018 +82 days 🔍
11/07/2018 +0 days 🔍
11/08/2018 +1 days 🔍
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11/09/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/05/2023 +1669 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20181107-pca-overwrit
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-15450 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15450
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126587
SecurityFocus: 105864 - Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance CVE-2018-15450 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2018 07:43
Updated: 06/05/2023 09:53
Changes: 11/09/2018 07:43 (60), 04/11/2020 09:10 (4), 06/05/2023 09:53 (14)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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