Virtualization Experience Client 6000 Series FirmwareOperating system · Cisco
CVE-2013-3408
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe firmware on Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 devices sets incorrect operating-system permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified sequence of commands, aka Bug ID CSCuc31764.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 firmware implements incorrect operating-system file or directory permissions, allowing a local authenticated user to escalate privileges through an unspecified sequence of commands. This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability requiring authenticated local access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Virtualization Experience Client 6000 Series FirmwareOperating system
all versions
Virtualization Experience Client 6000Hardware / appliance
all versions
Virtualization Experience Client 6215Hardware / appliance
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Cisco VXC 6000 series devices on your networkReview your hardware asset inventory or physically inspect devices for 'Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000' or 'VXC 6215' labelingAffected if You have any Cisco VXC 6000, VXC 6000 Series, or VXC 6215 devices deployed
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Check device access logs for local authenticated sessionsIf the device management interface provides logs, review for successful local console or SSH login events from untrusted accountsAffected if Local console or terminal access logs show login sessions by users who should not have local access rights
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Look for unexpected new user accounts on the deviceIf you have administrative access to the device OS (via debug mode or serial console), list user accounts and compare to known baselineAffected if Newly created local user accounts exist that were not provisioned by your administration team
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Check for privilege escalation indicatorsReview system logs or audit records for commands or actions performed by users who previously had lower privilege levelsAffected if Users who should have limited privileges are executing commands or accessing files outside their normal scope
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Verify physical security controls on device locationInspect the physical location where devices are deployed and review access control logs for the room or enclosureAffected if Physical access to the device console is not restricted to trusted personnel
You are affected if you have any Cisco VXC 6000, VXC 6000 Series, or VXC 6215 devices, since all versions contain the permission flaw that allows a local authenticated user to escalate privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Cisco firmware update that corrects OS permission settings. If no update is available, restrict physical and local console access to trusted users only.
Fix this in Virtualization Experience Client 6000 Series Firmware
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-3408 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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