Cisco Unified Computing System access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Unified Computing System. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-4106. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

The fabric-interconnect component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) uses the same privilege level for execution of every script, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via an unspecified script-execution approach, aka Bug ID CSCtq86477.

The weakness was released 10/13/2013 as CSCtq86477 as confirmed security notice (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4106 since 07/31/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/24/2015). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 62981†) and OSVDB (98354†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-65278, VDB-65277 and VDB-65275. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/31/2012 🔍
10/11/2013 +437 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +527 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCtq86477
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-4106 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65276
SecurityFocus: 62981 - Cisco Unified Computing System CVE-2012-4106 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 98354

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (53)
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