Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.12/6.10.7 Web-based Management Interface command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.12/6.10.7 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-43536. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.12/6.10.7 (Policy Management Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerabilities in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploits could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.7 and below and ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.12 and below.

The weakness was disclosed 01/05/2023 as ARUBA-PSA-2022-020. The advisory is shared for download at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-43536 since 10/20/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/28/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Aruba

Name

• ClearPass Policy Manager

Version

• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3
• 6.9.4
• 6.9.5
• 6.9.6
• 6.9.7
• 6.9.8
• 6.9.9
• 6.9.10
• 6.9.11
• 6.9.12
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7

License

• commercial

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