PT-2012-01: Abuse of Functionality in Cisco Identity Services Engine Web Interface Vulnerable productCisco Identity Services Engine Version: 1.0.4.573 and earlierLink: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/index.htmlSeverity levelSeverity level: High Impact: Arbitrary Files Reading, Denial of Service Access Vector: Remote CVSS v2: Base Score: 9.0 Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)CVE: CVE-2012-3907Product descriptionCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a security policy management and control platform. Vulnerability descriptionThe specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a vulnerability related with abuse of functionality in Cisco ISE web interface.Any user authenticated via web interface can download arbitrary files from their backend operating system using a specific URL. When the URL is referred to, the specified file is being deleted on the backend OS file system even if the user cancels the download. At this point, using a CSRF vector, a remote attacker can provide a specially crafted link to provoke the legitimate user to erase sensitive system files and make the system inoperable.How to fixUpdate your system up to the latest versionAdvisory status 13.01.2012 - Vendor is notified 13.01.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details 12.04.2012 - Vendor releases fixed version and details 20.09.2013 - Public disclosureCreditsThe vulnerability was detected by Kirill Mosolov, Maxim Tsoy, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)Referenceshttp://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-01 Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:http://www.ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/ http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/