Prime CollaborationApplication · Cisco
CVE-2018-0335
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 · uneditedA vulnerability in the web portal authentication process of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to view sensitive data. The vulnerability is due to improper logging of authentication data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by monitoring a specific World-Readable file for this authentication data (Cleartext Passwords). An exploit could allow the attacker to gain authentication information for other users. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd86602.
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 confidenceCisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning logs authentication credentials in cleartext to a world-readable file, allowing any local user to read the file and obtain other users' passwords. The vulnerability stems from improper handling of authentication data during the logging process.
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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 CollaborationApplication
= 12.2CVSS 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
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 installed Cisco Prime Collaboration versionRun 'show version' or check the application UI Help > About page to confirm the exact version number matches 12.2Affected if Version is exactly 12.2 (all sub-versions of 12.2 are affected)
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Locate authentication-related log filesSearch the Cisco Prime Collaboration installation directory for log files, typically under the /logs or /opt/cupm/logs path, focusing on files with 'auth', 'login', or 'debug' in the nameAffected if Log files exist in the application's logging directory
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Verify log file permissions are world-readableUse 'ls -la' on identified log files and check for permissions that allow read access to 'others' (e.g., '-rw-r--r--' or similar with 'r--' for others)Affected if The log files have permissions that allow all users on the system to read them (mode includes 'r--' or 'rw-' for others)
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Search for cleartext passwords in logsUse 'grep -i password' or similar search on the authentication log files to look for patterns like 'password=xxx' or 'password:xxx' in plain textAffected if Readable log files contain cleartext password strings in authentication-related entries
A system is affected if Cisco Prime Collaboration version 12.2 is running with authentication log files that are world-readable and contain cleartext password strings.
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 dataRestrict file permissions on the log file to prevent unauthorized access and modify the application to avoid logging cleartext passwords or sensitive authentication credentials.
Fix this in Prime Collaboration
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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