Advisory Details

November 7th, 2010

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

ZDI-10-235
ZDI-CAN-795

CVE ID CVE-2010-3040
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Cisco
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Unified Intelligent Contact Management
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['9915']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
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 handling the HandleUpgradeTrace packet type the process blindly copies user supplied data into a fixed-length buffer on the stack. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

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
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