CVE-2006-1961 describes a command injection vulnerability affecting several Cisco products, including CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE), Hosting Solution Engine (HSE), User Registration Tool (URT), Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE), and CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS). This flaw allows local users to gain Linux shell access by injecting shell metacharacters into arguments of the "show" command within the application's command-line interface. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, as it permits full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:user_registration_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.0:*:express:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.1:*:express:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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