Application Details
Cisco IOS XE is a widely deployed Internetworking Operating System.
Vulnerability
Cisco IOS XE could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by active exploitation of a previously unknown vulnerability in the web UI feature.
Identification
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access and then use that account to gain control of the affected system.
Cisco’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) has advised:
Organizations should look for unexplained or newly created users on devices as evidence of potentially malicious activity relating to this threat. One method to identify if the implant is present is to run the following command against the device, where the "DEVICEIP” portion is a placeholder for the IP address of the device to check:POST /DEVICEIP/webui/logoutconfirm.html?logon_hash=1 Detection
By turning this into a traffic file and matching rule, we are able to detect attempts to create a priviledged account, on the affected system.
Coverage
Idappcom have created signature 8024315 along with a traffic file for this vulnerability.
References
Traffic IQ
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