Cisco Trust Agent Vulnerability
Vulnerability:
There is a vulnerability affecting the latest version (v2.1.103.0) of the Cisco
Trust Agent software for MacOS X that can allow an individual with physical
access to an endpoint to bypass authentication and gain administrative access
to the local machine.
Description:
When Cisco Secure Access Control Server is configured to display a message to
the end user following a posture check, the Cisco Trust Agent installed on a
MacOS X machine may display the message over the top of the login screen when
the client is powered up or rebooted. When the message is displayed, a user
can access System Preferences through the Apple Menu as the root user and make
changes to user accounts, including changing existing passwords.
A malicious user with this access can change an administrator account password
without knowledge of the existing password and then proceed to login using that
account.
Adam Blake of Deloitte UK
(http://www.deloitte.co.uk/security/)