Local File Inclusion in Cisco ADE-OS

1) External Control of File Name or Path

EUVDB-ID: #VU53411

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1306

CWE-ID: CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to write arbitrary files.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of parameters that are sent to a CLI command within the restricted shell. A local user can dentify file directories on the affected device and write arbitrary files to the file system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Prime Infrastructure: 3.5

Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager: before 5.0.1

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE): before 3.1

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ade-xcvAQEOZ

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.