A vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain access to sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation and authorization of specific commands that a user can execute within the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and issuing a specific set of commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files that they originally did not have permissions to access.
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.3(.5a) and earlier, when SharePoint acceleration is enabled, does not properly parse SharePoint responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application-optimization handler reload) via a crafted SharePoint application, aka Bug ID CSCue47674.
The web service framework in Cisco WAAS Software 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before 5.1.1c, and 5.2.x before 5.2.1 in a Central Manager (CM) configuration allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted POST request, aka Bug ID CSCuh26626.
The web framework in Cisco WAAS Software before 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before 5.1.1c, and 5.2.x before 5.2.1; Cisco ACNS Software 4.x and 5.x before 5.5.29.2; Cisco ECDS Software 2.x before 2.5.6; Cisco CDS-IS Software 2.x before 2.6.3.b50 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2b54; Cisco VDS-IS Software 3.2.x before 3.2.1.b9; Cisco VDS-SB Software 1.x before 1.1.0-b96; Cisco VDS-OE Software 1.x before 1.0.1; and Cisco VDS-OS Software 1.x in central-management mode allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by appending crafted strings to values in GUI fields, aka Bug IDs CSCug40609, CSCug48855, CSCug48921, CSCug48872, CSCuh21103, CSCuh21020, and CSCug56790.
The Common Internet File System (CIFS) optimization in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 4.0.7 and 4.0.9, as used by Cisco WAE appliance and the NM-WAE-502 network module, when Edge Services are configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of service) via a flood of TCP SYN packets to port (1) 139 or (2) 445.