CVE-2014-2196: cisco wide_area_application_services Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-2196 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in cisco wide_area_application_services. EPSS estimates a 2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 23-05-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.1.1 before 5.1.1e, when SharePoint prefetch optimization is enabled, allows remote SharePoint servers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed response, aka Bug ID CSCue18479.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.