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Cisco ACE 4710 Device Manager GUI Remote Command Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160224-ace)
high Nessus Plugin ID 89690
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Synopsis
The remote device is affected by a remote command injection vulnerability.Description
The Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) software installed on the remote Cisco ACE 4710 device is an A5 version prior to A5(3.0). It is, therefore, affected by a remote command injection vulnerability in the device manager GUI due to improper validation of user-supplied input in HTTP POST requests. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass the role-based access control (RBAC) restrictions and execute CLI commands with 'admin' privileges.Solution
Upgrade to Cisco ACE version A5(3.1) or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 89690
File Name: cisco-sa-20160224-ace.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 3/4/2016
Updated: 11/20/2019
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1297
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:application_control_engine_software
Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ACE/Version, Host/Cisco/ACE/Model
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-1297
BID: 83390