CVE-2006-1961

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1961
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-21 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCisco 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.013080000 probability, percentile 0.798080000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Ciscoworks 2000 Service Management Solution All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine All All All All
Hardware Cisco Hosting Solution Engine 1.7 All All All
Hardware Cisco Hosting Solution Engine 1.7.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Hosting Solution Engine 1.7.1 All All All
Hardware Cisco Hosting Solution Engine 1.7.2 All All All
Hardware Cisco Hosting Solution Engine 1.7.3 All All All
Application Cisco User Registration Tool All All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.0 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.1 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.10 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.10 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.11 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.11 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.12 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.12 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.13 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.13 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.2 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.2 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.3 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.3 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.4 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.4 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.5 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.5 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.6 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.6 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.7 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.7 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.8 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.8 All express All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.9 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Solution Engine 2.9 All express All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/24813 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Cisco Hosting Solution Engine / User Registration Tool Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Page not found - CyberCX | Australia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.assurance.com.au
Cisco - Networking, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Patch
Cisco WLSE Privilege Escalation and Cross-Site Scripting - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine Cross-Site Scripting Flaw Yields Administrative Privileges and Command Line Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Shell Access - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Cisco ESSE / SMS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Cisco - Networking, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Multiple Linux-Based Cisco Products Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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