Cisco VPN 30xx Concentrator up to 4.0 IPsec over TCP privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cisco VPN 30xx Concentrator up to 4.0. This affects an unknown part of the component IPsec over TCP Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2003-0258. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco VPN 30xx Concentrator up to 4.0 (Network Encryption Software). This affects an unknown code of the component IPsec over TCP 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrators and Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client 3.5.x through 4.0.REL, when enabling IPSec over TCP for a port on the concentrator, allow remote attackers to reach the private network without authentication.

The weakness was released 05/27/2003 with Cisco as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0258 since 05/07/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/21/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11594 (Cisco VPN 3000 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (CSCdea77143, CSCdz15393, CSCdt84906)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO, running in the context l and relying on port 161.

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 (11954), Tenable (11594), SecurityFocus (BID 7516†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3773†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-20452 and VDB-20453. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11594
Nessus Name: Cisco VPN 3000 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (CSCdea77143, CSCdz15393, CSCdt84906)
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08/11/2014 +3829 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +3816 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20451
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X-Force: 11954
SecurityFocus: 7516 - Cisco VPN Concentrator IPSec Over TCP Remote Port Connectivity Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3773 - [cisco-sa-20030507-vpn3k] Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators Allows Network Access, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2014 23:56
Updated: 01/21/2025 14:39
Changes: 08/11/2014 23:56 (66), 05/19/2019 22:00 (3), 01/21/2025 14:39 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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