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Vigil@nce - Cisco Content Services Switch: privilege escalation via SSH Forwarding
April 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use the SSH Forwarding of Cisco Content Services
Switch, in order to escalate his privileges.
– Impacted products: Cisco CSS, WebNS
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 19/03/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco Content Services Switch product offers an administration
service.
However, a SSH rule allows a port forwarding to this
administration service.
An attacker can therefore use the SSH Forwarding of Cisco Content
Services Switch, in order to escalate his privileges.
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