Cisco Identity Services Engine Software access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Identity Services. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-5521. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software (Policy Management Software) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Identity Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Identity Services Engine does not properly restrict the creation of guest accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exhaustion of the account supply) via a series of requests within one session, aka Bug ID CSCue94287.

The weakness was published 10/24/2013 as CSCue94287 as confirmed security notice (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5521 since 08/22/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 03/01/2019). 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-65347 and VDB-65346. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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08/22/2013 🔍
10/24/2013 +63 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +516 days 🔍
03/01/2019 +1438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCue94287
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5521 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5521
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65345
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 03/01/2019 21:05
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (48), 03/01/2019 21:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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