CVE-2019-1816

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.119

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability For Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance SoftwareNCM
Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1816)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706023Security Update for Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance Software 9.1.2-010

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234