Cisco ONS15327/ONS15454 up to 3.3 FTP Service Username/Password privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco ONS15327 and ONS15454 up to 3.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component FTP Service. Such manipulation of the argument Username/Password leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1553. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco ONS15327 and ONS15454 up to 3.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component FTP Service. The manipulation of the argument Username/Password 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. CVE summarizes:

Cisco ONS15454 and ONS15327 running ONS before 3.4 allows remote attackers to modify the system configuration and delete files by establishing an FTP connection to the TCC, TCC+ or XTC using a username and password that does not exist.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2002. The weakness was disclosed 03/31/2003 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1553. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. 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 151 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16202 (Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040219-ONS)), 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 to version 3.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 12 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10505), Tenable (16202), SecurityFocus (BID 6076†), OSVDB (8879†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6900†). The entries VDB-522, VDB-18888, VDB-20253 and VDB-20254 are pretty similar. 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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Nessus ID: 16202
Nessus Name: Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040219-ONS)
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Upgrade: ONS15327/ONS15454 3.4

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03/31/2003 +151 days 🔍
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02/19/2004 +325 days 🔍
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05/29/2019 +1755 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20252
X-Force: 10505
SecurityFocus: 6076 - Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms Unauthorized FTP Access Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8879 - Cisco - Optical Transport Platforms - Unauthorized FTP Access
Vulnerability Center: 6900 - [cisco-sa-20021031-ons-vulnerability] Cisco ONS 15327 and ONS 15454 Allow Obtaining Access via FTP, High

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Created: 08/08/2014 11:48
Updated: 05/29/2019 14:51
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:48 (71), 05/29/2019 14:51 (4)
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