Security readout for executives and security teams
Cisco Prime Home had an authentication bypass in its web GUI. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could act with administrator privileges if they reached the affected interface. For affected deployments, this is business-critical because it could allow full administrative control of the platform. Exposure is limited to Cisco Prime Home deployments running affected 6.3.0.0-era versions that have not been updated to fixed release 6.5.0.1. Internet-reachable or broadly reachable administrative interfaces carry the highest operational risk. Treat this as urgent for any remaining Cisco Prime Home deployment. The vulnerability allows remote administrator-level actions without authentication, and Cisco provided updates with no workaround. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Cisco Prime Home to fixed release 6.5.0.1 or later per Cisco guidance.; Confirm no workaround is relied upon; Cisco states none address this vulnerability.; Restrict network access to Cisco Prime Home administrative interfaces while upgrades are scheduled..
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170201-prime-homeCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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