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CVE-2019-1816

Published: May 3, 2019

Modified: Nov 21, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the log subscription subsystem of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web and command-line interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device and injecting scripting commands in the scope of the log subscription subsystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)

affected
unspecified - < 10.1.4-017
affected
unspecified - < 10.5.4-018
affected
unspecified - < 11.5.2-020
affected
unspecified - < 11.7.0-406

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

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