Cisco Security Manager up to 3.1 Event Viewer Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cisco Security Manager up to 3.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Event Viewer. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-3820. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Security Manager up to 3.1. This affects an unknown code of the component Event Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Security Manager 3.1 and 3.2 before 3.2.2, when Cisco IPS Event Viewer (IEV) is used, exposes TCP ports used by the MySQL daemon and IEV server, which allows remote attackers to obtain "root access" to IEV via unspecified use of TCP sessions to these ports.

The bug was discovered 01/21/2009. The weakness was shared 01/22/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3820 since 08/27/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69303 (Cisco Security Manager MySQL Accessible Without Authentication (cisco-sa-20090121-csm)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48134), Tenable (69303), SecurityFocus (BID 33381†), OSVDB (52316†) and Secunia (SA33633†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 69303
Nessus Name: Cisco Security Manager MySQL Accessible Without Authentication (cisco-sa-20090121-csm)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Security Manager 3.2

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08/27/2008 🔍
01/21/2009 +147 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +582 days 🔍
08/25/2019 +1622 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3820 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3820
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46029

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X-Force: 48134
SecurityFocus: 33381 - Cisco Security Manager IPS Event Viewer Remote Unauthorized TCP Port Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 33633
OSVDB: 52316 - Cisco - Security Manager - IPS Event Viewer Remote Unauthorized TCP Port Access Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021619
Vulnerability Center: 20614 - [cisco-sa-20090121-csm] Cisco Security Manager 3.0 - 3.2.1 Allows Remote Root Access, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-0214

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/25/2019 20:53
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/25/2019 20:53 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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