CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1961

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and WLSE Express before version 2.13, Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) and User Registration Tool (URT) before 20060419, and all versions of Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE) and CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS) allows local users to gain Linux shell access by using shell metacharacters in arguments to the 'show' command in the command line interface (CLI).

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential privilege escalation by a local user, which could lead to full system compromise and impact data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade to version 2.13 for WLSE and WLSE Express, and to the 20060419 release for HSE and URT, and apply the appropriate patches for ESSE and SMS as per Cisco's advisory.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cisco CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and WLSE Express before 2.13, Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) and User Registration Tool (URT) before 20060419, and all versions of Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE) and CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS) allow local users to gain Linux shell access via shell metacharacters in arguments to the "show" command in the application's command line interface (CLI), aka bug ID CSCsd21502 (WLSE), CSCsd22861 (URT), and CSCsd22859 (HSE). NOTE: other issues might be addressed by the Cisco advisory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS