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Cisco ICM Setup Manager Agent.exe HandleUpgradeAll Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-232: November 7th, 2010

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TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection

TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 9915. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Cisco ICM. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The flaw exists within the Agent.exe component which listens by default on TCP port 40078. When processing the HandleUpgradeAll packet type an unchecked copy of user supplied data is performed into a stack-based buffer of a controlled size. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to remote code execution under the context of the SYSTEM user.

Vendor Response

Cisco states:

Cisco has acknowledged this vulnerability in an Intellishield alert.
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=21726


Disclosure Timeline

    2010-06-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2010-11-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    sb