Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) account privilege escalation
| cisco-wcs-account-privilege-escalation (33612) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges. An attacker with valid account credentials could exploit this vulnerability to change their existing account membership and gain complete control over an affected system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 4.4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Refer to cisco-sa-20070412-wcs for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- cisco-sa-20070412-wcs: Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Cisco Wireless Control System.
- BID-23460: Cisco Wireless Control System Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2033: Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) before 4.0.81.0 allows remote authenticated users to read any configuration page by changing the group membership of user accounts, aka Bug ID CSCse78596.
- CVE-2007-2034: Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) before 4.0.87.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain the privileges of the SuperUsers group, and manage the application and its networks, related to the group membership of user accounts, aka Bug ID CSCsg05190.
- OSVDB ID: 34129: Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) Arbitrary Config Page Access
- OSVDB ID: 34130: Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) Unspecified Remote Privilege Escalation
- SA24865: Cisco Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017907: Cisco Wireless Control System Lets Remote Users Read/Write Files and Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1367: Cisco Wireless Control System Information Disclosure and Security Bypass Issues
Platforms Affected:
- Cisco Wireless Control System 4.0.95
Reported:
Apr 12, 2007
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