Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance prior 2.1.34.0 Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as very critical has been identified in Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5288. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Adding more authentication is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliances before 2.1.34.0 have a default administrator username "root" and password "password," which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative privileges, aka Bug ID CSCsb92893.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2006. The weakness was shared 10/12/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5288 since 10/13/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/09/2019).

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31800 (Default Password (dottie) for 'root' Account), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Default Unix Accounts and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 2.1.34.0 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be adding authentication.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29497), Tenable (31800), SecurityFocus (BID 20490†), OSVDB (30913†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017056†). The entry VDB-14087 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Remote Code Execution
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Nessus ID: 31800
Nessus Name: Default Password (dottie) for 'root' Account
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Recommended: Authentication
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Upgrade: 2700 Wireless Location Appliance 2.1.34.0

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10/12/2006 +1 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +2526 days 🔍
07/09/2019 +1580 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32744
X-Force: 29497
SecurityFocus: 20490 - Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance Default Administrator Password Vulnerability
OSVDB: 30913 - Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance Default root Account Password
SecurityTracker: 1017056
Vulnerability Center: 12896 - [cisco-sa-20061012-wla] Cisco Wireless Location Appliance Default Root Password, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/09/2019 09:56
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59), 07/09/2019 09:56 (14)
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