Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.0(1.110a)/1.0(1e) on Nexus 9000 RBAC Health Scoring access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.0(1.110a)/1.0(1e) on Nexus 9000. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component RBAC Health Scoring. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-4225. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.0(1.110a)/1.0(1e) on Nexus 9000. This issue affects an unknown function of the component RBAC Health Scoring. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 1.0(1.110a) and 1.0(1e) on Nexus 9000 devices does not properly implement RBAC health scoring, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuq77485.

The weakness was disclosed 06/27/2015 as CSCuq77485 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-4225 since 06/04/2015. 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 04/20/2019). 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 75433†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1032735†). tools.cisco.com is providing further details. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/04/2015 🔍
06/26/2015 +22 days 🔍
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06/27/2015 +1 days 🔍
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06/28/2015 +1 days 🔍
04/20/2019 +1391 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuq77485
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4225 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4225
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76097
SecurityFocus: 75433 - Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller CVE-2015-4225 Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032735

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2015 14:55
Updated: 04/20/2019 01:31
Changes: 06/28/2015 14:55 (55), 04/20/2019 01:31 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.