Cisco IOS up to 15.2 Authentication/Authorization/Accounting access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 15.2 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Authentication/Authorization/Accounting. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-0384. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco IOS up to 15.2 (Router Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Authentication/Authorization/Accounting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 and IOS XE 2.1.x through 2.6.x and 3.1.xS before 3.1.2S, 3.2.xS through 3.4.xS before 3.4.2S, 3.5.xS before 3.5.1S, and 3.1.xSG and 3.2.xSG before 3.2.2SG, when AAA authorization is enabled, allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute commands via a (1) HTTP or (2) HTTPS session, aka Bug ID CSCtr91106.

The weakness was presented 03/28/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120328-pai as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0384 since 01/04/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58570 (Cisco IOS Software Command Security Bypass (cisco-sa-20120328-pai)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43234 (Cisco IOS Software Command Authorization Bypass (cisco-sa-20120328-pai)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (58570), SecurityFocus (BID 52755†), OSVDB (80704†), Secunia (SA48614†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026860†). packetstormsecurity.org is providing further details. See VDB-4979, VDB-4980, VDB-4981 and VDB-4982 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 58570
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Command Security Bypass (cisco-sa-20120328-pai)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20120328-pai
Researcher: http://www.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-0384 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0384
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4988
SecurityFocus: 52755 - Cisco IOS Authorization Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 48614 - Cisco IOS AAA WEB_EXEC Command Authorisation Security Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 80704
SecurityTracker: 1026860 - Cisco IOS Lets Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Command Authorization Level Controls
Vulnerability Center: 34756 - [cisco-sa-20120328-pai] Cisco IOS with AAA Authorization Remote Authentication Bypass via HTTP, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/02/2012 22:45
Updated: 03/22/2021 12:39
Changes: 04/02/2012 22:45 (74), 04/10/2017 12:19 (10), 03/22/2021 12:34 (13), 03/22/2021 12:39 (1)
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