VDB-54677 · CVE-2010-2842 · BID 43061

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software up to 4.2.130.0 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software up to 4.2.130.0. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2842. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software up to 4.2.130.0 (Wireless LAN Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) software, possibly 4.2 through 6.0, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the configuration, and possibly obtain administrative privileges, via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2843 and CVE-2010-3033.

The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2010 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2842 since 07/23/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/04/2017). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 43061†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27088†). The entries VDB-54682, VDB-54681, VDB-54678 and VDB-54676 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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07/23/2010 🔍
09/08/2010 +47 days 🔍
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09/13/2010 +3 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1648 days 🔍
03/04/2017 +716 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54677
SecurityFocus: 43061 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (CVE-2010-2842) Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 27088 - [cisco-sa-20100908-wlc] Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 03/04/2017 15:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (49), 03/04/2017 15:14 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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