Privilege escalation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU10895

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0141

CWE-ID: CWE-259 - Use of Hard-coded Password

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to hard-coded account password. A local attacker can use the hard-coded credentials to connect to the affected system via Secure Shell (SSH), access the underlying operating system as a low-privileged user and gain root privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning: 12.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:cisco_prime_collaboration_provisioning:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-cpcp

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.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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