Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services up to 3.2 File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services up to 3.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument File leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0966. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services up to 3.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument file with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in cwhp/auditLog.do in the Homepage Auditing component in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, aka Bug ID CSCto35577.

The weakness was shared 05/20/2011 by Sense of Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0966. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Sense of Security and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56485 (Cisco Unified Operations Manager < 8.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

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 X-Force (67525), Exploit-DB (17304), Tenable (56485), SecurityFocus (BID 47905†) and OSVDB (72416†). The entries VDB-58530, VDB-57478, VDB-57477 and VDB-57476 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Sense of Security
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Nessus ID: 56485
Nessus Name: Cisco Unified Operations Manager < 8.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Sense of Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57479
X-Force: 67525
SecurityFocus: 47905 - CiscoWorks Common Services Auditing Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 72416
Vulnerability Center: 33598 - Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and Earlier Homepage Auditing Directory Traversal Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 07/28/2024 01:25
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (55), 04/04/2017 11:20 (17), 11/07/2021 14:55 (4), 11/07/2021 14:58 (1), 07/28/2024 01:25 (15)
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