Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS contains a code injection vulnerability that allows a local user with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code with full root privileges.

A command injection vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.0c, and 9.2.1 through 9.2.1a on IP extension platforms could allow a local authenticated attacker to perform a privileged escalation via crafted use of the portcfg command.

This specific exploitation is only possible on IP Extension platforms: Brocade 7810, Brocade 7840, Brocade 7850 and on Brocade X6 or X7 directors with an SX-6 Extension blade installed. The attacker must be logged into the switch via SSH or serial console to conduct the attack.

A vulnerability in the secure configuration of authentication and management services in Brocade Fabric OS before Fabric OS 9.2.1c2 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root using “supportsave”, “seccertmgmt”, “configupload” command.

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1c3 could allow elevating the privileges of the local authenticated user to “root” using the export option of seccertmgmt and seccryptocfg commands.

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.1c2 could allow an administrator-level user to execute the bind command, to escalate privileges and bypass security controls allowing the execution of arbitrary commands.

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to access insecurely stored file contents including the history command.

A vulnerability in the default configuration of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.0.0 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read data from an affected device via SNMP. The vulnerability is due to hard-coded, default community string in the configuration file for the SNMP daemon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static community string in SNMP version 1 queries to an affected device.

If Brocade Fabric OS before Fabric OS 9.2.0 configuration settings are not set to encrypt SNMP passwords, then the SNMP privsecret / authsecret fields can be exposed in plaintext. The plaintext passwords can be exposed in a configupload capture or a supportsave capture if encryption of passwords is not enabled. An attacker can use these passwords to fetch values of the supported OIDs via SNMPv3 queries. There are also a limited number of MIB objects that can be modified.

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.2.a could allow an authenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). The vulnerability is encountered when supportsave is invoked remotely, using ssh command or SANnav inline ssh, and the corresponding ssh session is terminated with Control C (^c ) before supportsave completion. This issue affects Brocade Fabric OS 9.0.0 through 9.2.2

Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1 has a vulnerability that could allow a local authenticated attacker to reveal command line passwords using commands that may expose higher privilege sensitive information by a lower privileged user.

A path transversal vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS 9.1.0 through 9.2.2 could allow a local admin user to gain access to files outside the intended directory potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Note: Admin level privilege is required on the switch in order to exploit

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1 could allow an authenticated attacker with admin privileges using the shell command “grep” to modify the path variables and move upwards in the directory structure or to traverse to different directories.

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1c2 could allow an authenticated attacker with admin privileges using the shell commands “source, ping6, sleep, disown, wait to modify the path variables and move upwards in the directory structure or to traverse to different directories.

A flaw possibility of race condition and incorrect initialization of the process id was found in the Linux kernel child/parent process identification handling while filtering signal handlers. A local attacker is able to abuse this flaw to bypass checks to send any signal to a privileged process.