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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2015-0611

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The administrative web-management portal in Cisco IX 8 (.0.1) and earlier on Cisco TelePresence IX5000 devices does not properly restrict the device-recovery account's access, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain HelpDesk-equivalent privileges by leveraging device-recovery authentication, aka Bug ID CSCus74174.

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  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • PARTIAL
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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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published