Cisco Wide Area Application Services Mobile prior 3.5.0 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wide Area Application Services Mobile. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Wide Area Application Services. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-5554. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wide Area Application Services Mobile. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Wide Area Application Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web-management interface in the server in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Mobile before 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via a crafted POST request, aka Bug ID CSCuh69773.

The weakness was published 11/07/2013 as cisco-sa-20131106-waasm as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-5554 since 08/22/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71841 (Cisco WAAS Mobile Server < 3.5.5 Remote Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 3.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (71841), SecurityFocus (BID 63554†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42224†). 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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Nessus ID: 71841
Nessus Name: Cisco WAAS Mobile Server < 3.5.5 Remote Code Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wide Area Application Services Mobile 3.5.0

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08/22/2013 🔍
11/06/2013 +76 days 🔍
11/07/2013 +1 days 🔍
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01/07/2014 +57 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +441 days 🔍
01/10/2022 +2484 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20131106-waasm
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65455
SecurityFocus: 63554
Vulnerability Center: 42224 - [cisco-sa-20131106-waasm] Cisco WAAS Mobile before 3.5.5 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Crafted Post Request, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/10/2022 10:48
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 05/15/2017 11:07 (1), 01/10/2022 10:48 (3)
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