Cisco ATA up to 12.0.1 SR5 Web-based Management Interface os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ATA. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-20459. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco ATA. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ATA 190 Multiplatform Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to a lack of input sanitization in the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20459 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary 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 10/18/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• ATA

Version

• 11.1.0
• 11.1.0 MSR1
• 11.1.0 MSR2
• 11.1.0 MSR3
• 11.1.0 MSR4
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.2
• 11.2.2 MSR1
• 11.2.3
• 11.2.4
• 12.0.1
• 12.0.1 SR1
• 12.0.1 SR2
• 12.0.1 SR3
• 12.0.1 SR4
• 12.0.1 SR5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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