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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web Services Interface Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye)
high Nessus Plugin ID 161183
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
A vulnerability in the web services interface for remote access VPN features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged, remote attacker to elevate privileges to level 15.This vulnerability is due to improper separation of authentication and authorization scopes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTPS messages to the web services interface of an affected device.
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvz92016See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1f748ef1
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74836
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 161183
File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-mgmt-privesc-BMFMUvye-asa.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 5/13/2022
Updated: 10/27/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20759
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA/model
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-20759