Cisco Data Center Network Manager fileUploadServlet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

November 24th, 2013
ZDI-13-255 ZDI-CAN-1767

CVE ID

CVE-2013-5486

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Cisco

Affected Products

Data Center Network Manager

Vulnerability Details


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

The specific flaw exists within the FileUploadServlet. Multiple arguments of a multipart form request are vulnerable to directory traversal attacks. A remote attacker can abuse this to execute remote code under the context of the SYSTEM user.

Additional Details

Cisco has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130918-dcnm

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2013-02-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-11-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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