Virtualization Experience Client 6000Hardware / appliance · Cisco
CVE-2013-5493
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 diagnostic module in the firmware on Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 devices allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCug68407.
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 confidenceLocal privilege escalation vulnerability in the diagnostic module of Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 firmware. Local authenticated users can bypass intended access restrictions to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via unspecified vectors in the diagnostic interface.
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 6000Hardware / appliance
all versions
Virtualization Experience Client 6000 Series FirmwareOperating system
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 presenceInventory your network devices and systems to determine if any Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 hardware or virtual appliances are deployed. Check device asset inventories, network scans, or management consoles for this specific product model.Affected if The Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 or its firmware is present in the environment
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Confirm diagnostic module is accessibleAccess the device locally or via network and navigate to the diagnostic module interface. On the VXC 6000, the diagnostic interface is typically accessed through the admin or maintenance menu. Verify whether the diagnostic functionality is enabled and reachable.Affected if The diagnostic module interface is accessible either locally on the device console or remotely via network access
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Verify authentication stateCheck whether the diagnostic interface can be reached with locally-authenticated user credentials. The vulnerability requires a local authenticated user, so determine if standard user accounts exist on the device that could potentially access diagnostic functions.Affected if Local user authentication is configured and users can log into the device with standard credentials that grant any level of access to the diagnostic interface
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Check network exposure of diagnostic portsPerform a network scan of the VXC 6000 device to identify open ports, particularly those associated with administrative or diagnostic functions (such as telnet, SSH, or custom diagnostic service ports). Determine if these ports are reachable from network segments beyond the trusted administrative network.Affected if Diagnostic or administrative ports on the VXC 6000 are exposed to network segments that are not restricted to trusted administrators
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Review access control configurationsExamine the device configuration or management interface to verify whether access restrictions are properly enforced on the diagnostic module. Check for any misconfigurations that allow standard users to bypass intended privilege boundaries when accessing diagnostic functions.Affected if Access controls on the diagnostic module are misconfigured, weak, or allow standard users to elevate privileges
You are affected if Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 or its firmware is present in your environment AND the diagnostic module is accessible to authenticated local users without proper privilege restrictions.
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 Cisco-provided firmware patch for CSCug68407; if unavailable, restrict physical and network access to device diagnostic interfaces and implement network segmentation as compensating controls.
Fix this in Virtualization Experience Client 6000
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Testing3.0 h
- 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-2013-5493 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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