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Cisco Mobility Express 2800 and 3800 Series Wireless LAN Controllers Shell Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in the CLI command parser of the Cisco Mobility Express 2800 and 3800 Series Wireless LAN Controllers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to obtain access to the underlying operating system shell with root-level privileges.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to incorrect permissions being assigned to configured users on the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and issuing certain commands at the CLI.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See vendor advisory.