Cisco IOS 12.1.3 SNMP privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Cisco IOS 12.1.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component SNMP Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-1776. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.1.3 (Router Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component SNMP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IOS 12.1(3) and 12.1(3)T allows remote attackers to read and modify device configuration data via the cable-docsis read-write community string used by the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard.

The weakness was released 02/28/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1776 since 04/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48952 (Cisco IOS Software Multiple SNMP Community String Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting no snmp-server. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6180), Tenable (48952), SecurityFocus (BID 5030†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2541†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-16475 and VDB-22891. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 48952
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Multiple SNMP Community String Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems
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OpenVAS ID: 802243
OpenVAS Name: Report default community names of the SNMP Agent
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Config: no snmp-server
Suricata ID: 2011013
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06/16/2002 +472 days 🔍
10/16/2003 +487 days 🔍
04/21/2005 +553 days 🔍
09/01/2010 +1959 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +1401 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1776 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1776
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16476
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X-Force: 6180 - Cisco IOS cable-docsis community string
SecurityFocus: 5030
Vulnerability Center: 2541 - [cisco-sa-20010228-ios-snmp-community] Cisco IOS Default SNMP Read/Write String of \, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 12:53
Updated: 11/21/2024 20:31
Changes: 07/03/2014 12:53 (75), 05/16/2019 09:12 (2), 06/25/2021 13:11 (4), 11/21/2024 20:31 (15)
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