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CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor Arbitrary Command Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29376
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Release Date:
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2008-03-14
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Popularity:
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4,512 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1157
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the application binding a command shell to a random port on the affected system. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with "casuser" privileges on Solaris, and with SYSTEM privileges on Windows.
The vulnerability affects version 2.6 on Windows and Solaris.
Solution:
Apply vendor patch.
IPM version 2.6 CSCsj06260:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ipm-sol?psrtdcat20e2
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits a Cisco customer.
Original Advisory:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080313-ipm.shtml
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