Cisco ATA 186 Configuration Interface privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ATA 186. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Configuration Interface. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-0769. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ATA 186. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Configuration Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The web-based configuration interface for the Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an HTTP POST request with a single byte, which allows the attackers to (1) obtain the password from the login screen, or (2) reconfigure the adaptor by modifying certain request parameters.

The weakness was published 08/12/2002 by Rick as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0769. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11012 (Cisco ATA-186 Password Circumvention / Recovery), 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 r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43022 (Cisco ATA-186 HTTP Device Configuration Disclosure Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9056), Exploit-DB (21441), Tenable (11012), SecurityFocus (BID 4711†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2143†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 11012
Nessus Name: Cisco ATA-186 Password Circumvention / Recovery
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08/12/2002 +68 days 🔍
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07/22/2014 +3767 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Rick
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18655
X-Force: 9056
SecurityFocus: 4711 - Cisco ATA-186 HTTP Device Configuration Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2143 - [cisco-sa-20040329-ata-password-disclosure] Cisco ATA 186 Web Configuration Weak Authentication, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 23:31
Updated: 09/14/2025 06:46
Changes: 07/22/2014 23:31 (67), 05/13/2019 09:13 (2), 09/24/2024 13:17 (25), 09/14/2025 06:46 (6)
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