Cisco Secure Services Client (CSSC) command parsing privilege escalation
| cisco-cssc-parsing-privilege-escalation (32624) |  High Risk |
Description:
Cisco Secure Services Client (CSSC) could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by an unspecified error in command parsing. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch arbitrary processes with SYSTEM or root privileges on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Refer to cisco-sa-20070221-supplicant for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- cisco-sa-20070221-supplicant: Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in 802.1X Supplicant.
- BID-22648: Cisco 802.1X Authentication Deployment Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-1067: Cisco Secure Services Client (CSSC) 4.x, Trust Agent 1.x and 2.x, Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 5.0 and 5.1 (when a vulnerable Trust Agent has been deployed), and the Meetinghouse AEGIS SecureConnect Client do not properly parse commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka CSCsh30624.
- SA24258: Cisco Secure Services Client Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017683: Cisco Secure Services Client Lets Local Users Gain System Privileges and Also View Passwords
- SECTRACK ID: 1017684: Cisco Trust Agent Lets Local Users Gain System Privileges and Also View Passwords
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0690: Cisco Secure Services Client Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Cisco Secure Services Client 4.0
- Cisco Secure Services Client 4.0.5
- Cisco Secure Services Client 4.0.51
- Cisco Security Agent 5.0
- Cisco Security Agent 5.1
- Cisco Trust Agent 1.0
- Cisco Trust Agent 2.0
- Cisco Trust Agent 2.0.1
- Cisco Trust Agent 2.1
- Meetinghouse AEGIS SecureConnect Client for Windows
Reported:
Feb 21, 2007
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