Cisco ACS Solution Engine up to 4.1 Logout memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
9.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Cisco ACS Solution Engine up to 4.1. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument Logout results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0532. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ACS Solution Engine up to 4.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Logout with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in securecgi-bin/CSuserCGI.exe in User-Changeable Password (UCP) before 4.2 in Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows and ACS Solution Engine allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument located immediately after the Logout argument, and possibly unspecified other vectors.

The bug was discovered 03/12/2008. The weakness was published 03/14/2008 by Felix with Recurity Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0532 since 01/31/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. 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.

Upgrading to version 4.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6014.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41154), Exploit-DB (31394), SecurityFocus (BID 28222†), OSVDB (42961†) and Secunia (SA29351†). Similar entry is available at VDB-41506. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Saint ID: exploit_info/cisco_acs_ucp_csusercgi
Saint Name: Cisco Secure ACS UCP CSuserCGI.exe buffer overflow

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: ACS Solution Engine 4.2
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/31/2008 🔍
03/12/2008 +41 days 🔍
03/12/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/13/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/14/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/14/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2008 +3 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2555 days 🔍
12/28/2025 +3940 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Felix
Organization: Recurity Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41505

IAVM: 🔍

X-Force: 41154
SecurityFocus: 28222 - Cisco User-Changeable Password (UCP) 'CSuserCGI.exe' Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29351 - Cisco User-Changeable Password Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 42961 - Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows User-Changeable Password (UCP) utility CSuserCGI.exe buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1019608
Vulnerability Center: 17867 - [cisco-sa-20080312-ucp] Cisco Secure ACS User-Changeable Password < 4.2 Remote Code Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0868

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 12/28/2025 13:57
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (86), 08/07/2019 09:15 (4), 12/28/2025 13:57 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!