CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-2174

Improper Access Control

Published: May 25, 2015 | Modified: May 26, 2015
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
8.3 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Cisco TelePresence T, TelePresence TE, and TelePresence TC before 7.1 do not properly implement access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain root privileges by sending packets on the local network and allows physically proximate attackers to obtain root privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCub67651.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 3.1.5 (including) 3.1.5 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 3.1_base (including) 3.1_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.1.0 (including) 4.1.0 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.1.1 (including) 4.1.1 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.1.2 (including) 4.1.2 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.1_base (including) 4.1_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.2.0 (including) 4.2.0 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.2.1 (including) 4.2.1 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.2.2 (including) 4.2.2 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.2.3 (including) 4.2.3 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.2.4 (including) 4.2.4 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 4.2_base (including) 4.2_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.0.2 (including) 5.0.2 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.0.2-cucm (including) 5.0.2-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.0_base (including) 5.0_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.3 (including) 5.1.3 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.3-cucm (including) 5.1.3-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.4 (including) 5.1.4 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.4-cucm (including) 5.1.4-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.5 (including) 5.1.5 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.5-cucm (including) 5.1.5-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.6 (including) 5.1.6 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.6-cucm (including) 5.1.6-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.7 (including) 5.1.7 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1.7-cucm (including) 5.1.7-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 5.1_base (including) 5.1_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.0 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.0.0-cucm (including) 6.0.0-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.0.1 (including) 6.0.1 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.0.1-cucm (including) 6.0.1-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.0.2 (including) 6.0.2 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.0_base (including) 6.0_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1.0 (including) 6.1.0 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1.0-cucm (including) 6.1.0-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1.1 (including) 6.1.1 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1.1-cucm (including) 6.1.1-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1.2 (including) 6.1.2 (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1.2-cucm (including) 6.1.2-cucm (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.1_base (including) 6.1_base (including)
Telepresence_tc_software Cisco 6.3.0 (including) 6.3.0 (including)
Telepresence_te_software Cisco 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.0 (including)
Telepresence_te_software Cisco 6.0.1 (including) 6.0.1 (including)
Telepresence_te_software Cisco 6.0.2 (including) 6.0.2 (including)
Telepresence_te_software Cisco 6.0_base (including) 6.0_base (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References