VDB-18131 · CVE-2002-0225 · XFDB 8061

Cisco TACACS+ f4.0.4.alpha Accounting Directive privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco TACACS+ f4.0.4.alpha. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Accounting Directive Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0225. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco TACACS+ f4.0.4.alpha and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Accounting Directive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

tac_plus Tacacs+ daemon F4.0.4.alpha, originally maintained by Cisco, creates files from the accounting directive with world-readable and writable permissions, which allows local users to access and modify sensitive files.

The weakness was released 05/16/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0225. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. 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 databases at X-Force (8061) and SecurityFocus (BID 4003†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

TACACS+

Version

f4.0.4.alpha

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/31/2002 🔍
05/16/2002 +105 days 🔍
05/16/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4439 days 🔍
06/18/2024 +3629 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0225 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0225
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18131
X-Force: 8061
SecurityFocus: 4003 - Cisco Tac_Plus Accounting Directive Insecure File Creation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:57
Updated: 06/18/2024 00:58
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:57 (47), 04/12/2019 12:22 (3), 06/18/2024 00:58 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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