Cisco ATA up to 12.0.1 SR5 CLI os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Cisco ATA. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CLI. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-20461. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco ATA. Affected is an unknown part of the component CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an authenticated, local attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This vulnerability exists because CLI input is not properly sanitized. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious characters to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write to the underlying operating system as the root user.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20461 since 11/08/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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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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