TITLE:
Cisco ESSE / SMS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19739

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19739/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Cisco Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/9459/
CiscoWorks Service Management Solution
http://secunia.com/product/9460/

DESCRIPTION:
Adam Pointon has reported a vulnerability in Cisco Ethernet
Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE) and CiscoWorks2000 Service
Management Solution (SMS), which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges.

This is related to vulnerability #2 in:
SA19736

SOLUTION:
Cisco will not be releasing fixed versions, as the products have
reached End-of-Life. However, Cisco encourages customers requiring a
fix to open a service request through the Technical Support
organization.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Adam Pointon, Assurance.

The vendor also credits Mathieu Pepin.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Cisco:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060419-priv.shtml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19736:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19736/

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