Cisco IronPort AsyncOS up to 9.1.2/9.7.2/10.0.0 on ESA Enrollment Client access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco IronPort AsyncOS up to 9.1.2/9.7.2/10.0.0 on ESA. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Enrollment Client. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6406. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Cisco IronPort AsyncOS up to 9.1.2/9.7.2/10.0.0 on ESA. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Enrollment Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 9.1.2-023, 9.1.2-028, 9.1.2-036, 9.7.2-046, 9.7.2-047, 9.7.2-054, 10.0.0-124, and 10.0.0-125 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices, when Enrollment Client before 1.0.2-065 is installed, allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a connection to the testing/debugging interface, aka Bug ID CSCvb26017.

The weakness was published 09/22/2016 with Cisco as CSCvb26017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-6406 since 07/26/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93866 (Cisco Email Security Appliance Internal Testing Interface RCE), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316041 (Cisco Email Security Appliance Internal Testing Interface Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160922-esa)).

Upgrading to version 9.1.2-023 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93866) and SecurityFocus (BID 93116†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 93866
Nessus Name: Cisco Email Security Appliance Internal Testing Interface RCE
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OpenVAS ID: 802654
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Email Security Appliance Internal Testing Interface Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IronPort AsyncOS 9.1.2-023

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCvb26017
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-6406 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6406
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91890
SecurityFocus: 93116 - Cisco Email Security Appliance CVE-2016-6406 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036881

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2016 09:25
Updated: 09/24/2024 20:05
Changes: 09/23/2016 09:25 (64), 04/24/2019 00:10 (13), 09/20/2022 09:24 (3), 09/24/2024 20:05 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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