{"id":1131,"date":"2019-06-13T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:26:58","slug":"10427-nios-privilege-escalation-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/10427-nios-privilege-escalation-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"#10427 NIOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A vulnerability in the \u201csupport access\u201d feature on Infoblox NIOS could allow a locally authenticated administrator to temporarily gain additional privileges on an affected device and perform actions within the super user scope.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1133\" src=\"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/containerblogpic-1.jpg\" alt=\"#10427 NIOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/containerblogpic-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/containerblogpic-1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability is due to a weakness in the \u201csupport access\u201d password generation algorithm. \u00a0A locally authenticated administrative user may be able to exploit this vulnerability if the \u201csupport access\u201d feature is enabled, they know the support access code for the current session, and they know the algorithm to generate the support access password from the support access code. \u00a0\u201cSupport access\u201d is disabled by default. 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