A vulnerability has been identified in Cisco Security Agent (CSA), which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to a design error where software executed locally can bypass systems protections and run with elevated privileges, which could be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges and gain full control of the system, including the disabling of the CSA agent.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor
ChangeLog
2005-11-29 : Initial release
Vulnerability Management
Subscribe to FrSIRT VNS and receive real-time e-mail and SMS alerts when new vulnerabilities, exploits, or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.
Feedback
If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form or by email to updates@frsirt.com.
French
