Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution AssuranceApplication · Cisco
CVE-2013-3473
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 web framework in Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) Assurance before 9.1.1 does not properly determine the existence of an authenticated session, which allows remote attackers to discover usernames and passwords via an HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCud32600.
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 · high confidenceThe web framework in Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance before version 9.1.1 contains a session validation flaw where it improperly determines the existence of an authenticated session. This allows remote unauthenticated attackers to discover valid usernames and passwords via specially crafted HTTP requests by exploiting the faulty session existence check.
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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
Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution AssuranceApplication
<= 9.1= 1.0= 1.0.1= 8.6= 9.0CVSS 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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 Prime Central for HCS Assurance installationLocate the Cisco Prime Central installation directory or check system inventory for 'Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution Assurance' or 'Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance'Affected if The software is not installed, the check does not apply
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Determine installed versionUse the command 'show version' in the Cisco Prime Central CLI, or check the /opt/CSCOlumos directory for version files, or query the system package manager for the cisco-prime-central-hcs-assurance package versionAffected if Version is 9.1 or earlier, or version is exactly 1.0, 1.0.1, 8.6, or 9.0
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Confirm HCS Assurance componentVerify the installed product is specifically the HCS Assurance component and not a different Cisco Prime Central variant by checking the product name in the installation or license informationAffected if The product is Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance and version is in the affected list
A user is affected if Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance is installed with version 9.1 or earlier, or version 1.0, 1.0.1, 8.6, or 9.0, and the web interface is accessible for remote attacks.
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 dataUpgrade Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance to version 9.1.1 or later to obtain the patch for Bug ID CSCud32600 that corrects the session validation logic.
Fix this in Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution Assurance
Scoped from the published advisory
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-3473 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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