Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center - CVE-2016-6426

 

Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center - CVE-2016-6426

Published: October 6, 2016 / Updated: April 5, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU772
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6426
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to modify information on the target system.
The weakness is caused by insufficient access control. Attackers can access ertain web page and cause a flaw in the j_spring_security_switch_user() function that lets them create user accounts.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in modification of valid user's data.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6426

The vendor has issued a fix, available at
https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html

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