Cisco Trust Agent Vulnerability

2007.06.15
Credit: adblake
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CWE: CWE-287


CVSS Base Score: 7.2/10
Impact Subscore: 10/10
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9/10
Exploit range: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: Complete
Integrity impact: Complete
Availability impact: Complete

Vulnerability: There is a vulnerability affecting the latest version (v2.1.103.0) of the Cisco Trust Agent software for MacOS X that can allow an individual with physical access to an endpoint to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to the local machine. Description: When Cisco Secure Access Control Server is configured to display a message to the end user following a posture check, the Cisco Trust Agent installed on a MacOS X machine may display the message over the top of the login screen when the client is powered up or rebooted. When the message is displayed, a user can access System Preferences through the Apple Menu as the root user and make changes to user accounts, including changing existing passwords. A malicious user with this access can change an administrator account password without knowledge of the existing password and then proceed to login using that account. Adam Blake of Deloitte UK (http://www.deloitte.co.uk/security/)


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