Cisco Clean Access (CCA) 3.5.x through 3.5.9 and 3.6.x through 3.6.1.1 on the Clean Access Manager (CAM) allows remote attackers to bypass a

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• cisco network admission control manager and server system software3.5.0 and later · up to 3.5.9 inclusive
• cisco network admission control manager and server system software3.6.0.0 and later · up to 3.6.1.1 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2007-0057Cisco Clean Access (CCA) 3.6.x through 3.6.4.2 and 4.0.x through 4.0.3.2 does not properly configure or allow modification of a shared secre
  41Plan
• CVE-2005-4332Cisco Clean Access 3.5.5 and earlier on the Secure Smart Manager allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and cause a denial of serv
  38Monitor
• CVE-2013-1177SQL injection vulnerability in Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Manager before 4.8.3.1 and 4.9.x before 4.9.2 allows remote attackers t
  30Monitor
• CVE-2005-2631Cisco Clean Access (CCA) 3.3.0 to 3.3.9, 3.4.0 to 3.4.5, and 3.5.0 to 3.5.3 does not properly authenticate users when invoking API methods,
  30Monitor
• CVE-2005-4825Cisco Clean Access 3.5.5 and earlier on the Secure Smart Manager allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and cause a denial of serv
  22Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.