Cisco Prime Infrastructure up to 2.2.2 Web API RBAC access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure up to 2.2.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web API. The manipulation leads to access control (RBAC). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-1290. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure up to 2.2.2 (Network Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Web API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (RBAC). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The web API in Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2.0 through 2.2(2) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended RBAC restrictions and gain privileges via an HTTP request that is inconsistent with a pattern filter, aka Bug ID CSCuy10227.

The weakness was published 04/06/2016 as CSCuy10227 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1290 since 01/04/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2022). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-57979†). Similar entry is available at VDB-81636. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Name: RBAC
Class: Access control / RBAC
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 103402
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Prime Infrastructure Privilege Escalation API Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuy10227
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1290 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1290
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81635
SecurityTracker: 1035498
Vulnerability Center: 57979 - [cisco-sa-20160406-privauth] Cisco Prime Infrastructure Remote Code Execution via Crafted HTTP POST Request, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2016 14:21
Updated: 07/12/2022 09:29
Changes: 04/07/2016 14:21 (62), 02/03/2019 10:57 (9), 07/12/2022 09:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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