CVE-2019-1816

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-1816
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-03 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-24 18:14:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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 And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.5.2-072 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.0.0-641 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.5.0-fcs-614 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance wsa10.5.0-fcs-000 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.5.2-072 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.0.0-641 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.5.0-fcs-614 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance wsa10.5.0-fcs-000 All All All

References

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Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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