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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2012-5417

High
10/10

Summary

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) before 6.1(1) does not properly restrict access to certain JBoss MainDeployer functionality, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via JBoss Application Server Remote Method Invocation (RMI) services, aka Bug ID CSCtz44924.

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  • NETWORK
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CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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