Cisco UCS Invicta up to 5.0.1 SSH Private Key access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco UCS Invicta up to 5.0.1 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component SSH Private Key Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-1313. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco UCS Invicta up to 5.0.1 (Virtualization Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component SSH Private Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance 4.3.1 through 5.0.1, UCS Invicta Scaling System and Appliance, and Whiptail Racerunner improperly store a default SSH private key, which allows remote attackers to obtain root access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCun71294.

The weakness was disclosed 04/06/2016 with Cisco as CSCun71294 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1313 since 01/04/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of 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 07/12/2022). 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 85886†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57977†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCun71294
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1313 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1313
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81637
SecurityFocus: 85886 - Cisco UCS Invicta CVE-2016-1313 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035496
Vulnerability Center: 57977 - [cisco-sa-20160406-ucs] Cisco UCS Invicta Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2016 14:21
Updated: 07/12/2022 09:33
Changes: 04/07/2016 14:21 (57), 02/03/2019 10:56 (12), 07/12/2022 09:33 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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