Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S/15.5(3)S on 1000V Publish-Event Event-Manager Environment Variable input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S/15.5(3)S on 1000V. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Publish-Event Event-Manager. The manipulation as part of Environment Variable leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-6385. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S/15.5(3)S on 1000V (Router Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Publish-Event Event-Manager. The manipulation as part of a Environment Variable leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The publish-event event-manager feature in Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S and 15.5(3)S on Cloud Services Router 1000V devices allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by leveraging administrative access to enter crafted environment variables, aka Bug ID CSCux14943.

The weakness was presented 12/01/2015 as CSCux14943 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6385. An attack has to be approached locally. 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 06/28/2022).

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 78318†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54706†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: Yes
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Command Injection Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCux14943
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6385 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6385
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79373

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SecurityFocus: 78318 - Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V CVE-2015-6385 Local Command Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034274
Vulnerability Center: 54706 - [cisco-sa-20151130-csr] Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S and 15.5(3)S on Cisco Cloud Services 1000V Local Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2015 09:42
Updated: 06/28/2022 09:51
Changes: 12/03/2015 09:42 (53), 05/09/2018 11:44 (13), 06/28/2022 09:51 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:C4B:103

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