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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-capic-priv-esc-uYQJjnuU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206345

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwj32072

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a408b72f

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwj32072

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206345

File Name: cisco-sa-capic-priv-esc-uYQJjnuU.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/30/2024

Updated: 8/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20478

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20478

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-capic-priv-esc-uYQJjnuU

IAVA: 2024-A-0530

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwj32072