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CVE-2013-5538 Cisco Identity Services Engine

Affected softwareCisco Identity Services Engine
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCWE-264
Published16 Oct 2013
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

The Sponsor Portal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) uses weak permissions for uploaded files, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a direct request, aka Bug ID CSCui67506.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 13 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached
Finding This CVE names only products the Waratek agent cannot be installed into (cisco/identity_services_engine). They ship as sealed appliance images or as native code with no application JVM, so there is no start-up line to add -javaagent to. The vulnerability may well be a Java one; it is permanently out of ARMR's reach rather than outside its subject.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd cisco identity services engine generic any version
nvd cisco identity services engine software generic any version

References

URLTags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5538 Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2013-10-16By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.