Cisco Security Advisory
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A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view the passwords stored for device discovery.
The vulnerability occurs because the Quick Discovery options page contains the stored password in the HMTL page source. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inspecting the HTML source of the page.
Proof-of-concept code that exploits this vulnerability is publicly available.
Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability and released updated software.
To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have authenticated access to the affected device. This access requirement decreases the likelihood of a successful exploit.
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Cisco has released a security advisory at the following link: CVE-2014-8007
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Administrators are advised to apply the appropriate updates.
Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.
Administrators may consider using IP-based access control lists (ACLs) to allow only trusted systems to access the affected systems.
Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.
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Cisco customers are advised to contact normal Cisco support channels for updated software.
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The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
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To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.
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Show LessVersion Description Section Status Date 1.0 Initial Release NA Final 2014-Dec-22
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