Command injection in Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100

1) Command injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU635

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6374

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to cause arbitrary command execution on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. By sending specially crafted dnslookup request attacker can inject voluntary commands and execute arbitrary code.
Sucessful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update to 2.1.0.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100: 2.0

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-csp2100-2

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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