Overview
The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform, which utilizes the Cisco NCS application service, contains a potentially severe security vulnerability. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-45208, could be exploited by an attacker to perform unauthorized administrative actions and remote code execution. This vulnerability is especially significant because it affects all interfaces that are bound to the TCP ports 4566 and 4570, which are used by the Versa Director to exchange High Availability (HA) information. Thus, any attacker with access to the Versa Director could potentially compromise the system and leak data.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2024-45208
Severity: Critical (9.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise and potential data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform | Affected versions not specified
How the Exploit Works
An attacker who can access the Versa Director’s TCP ports 4566 and 4570 could exploit this vulnerability. These ports are bound to all interfaces and are used by the Versa Director to exchange High Availability (HA) information. The attacker could use this access to execute unauthorized administrative actions and potentially execute remote code, compromising the system and potentially leading to data leakage.
Conceptual Example Code
Here is a conceptual example of how an attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability:
# Establish a connection to the target system
nc target_system_IP 4566
# Send a malicious payload to execute unauthorized actions
echo "malicious_payload" | nc target_system_IP 4566Please note that this code is purely conceptual and is provided to illustrate the potential risk of this vulnerability.
Mitigation Guidance
Users are advised to apply the vendor-provided patch as soon as possible to mitigate this vulnerability. In the meantime, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could be used as a temporary mitigation measure.