Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Authenticated Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
A vulnerability in the export policies functionality of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive files on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control to file system resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted values in specific UI fields. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files from the underlying file system of an affected device, including key materials that could be used to elevate privileges to root on the affected APIC and on managed switches.
Timeline
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
5.2(1g), 5.2(2e), 5.2(2f), 5.2(2g), 5.2(2h), 5.2(3f), 5.2(3e), 5.2(3g), 5.2(4d), 5.2(4e), 5.2(5d), 5.2(5c), 6.0(1g), 5.2(5e), 5.2(4f), 5.2(6e), 6.0(1j), 5.2(6g), 5.2(7f), 5.2(7g), 6.0(2h), 5.2(6h), 5.2(4h), 5.2(8d), 6.0(2j), 5.2(8e), 6.0(3d), 6.0(3e), 5.2(8f), 5.2(8g), and 28 more