# CVE-2009-0062: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can escalate privileges from low-level roles to higher administrative levels on Cisco wireless controllers.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8hv4-wf5q-j3p8

## What is CVE-2009-0062?

CVE-2009-0062 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 5 Feb 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), Cisco Catalyst 6500 Wireless Services Module (WiSM), and Cisco Catalyst 3750 Integrated Wireless LAN Controller with software 4.2.173.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by escalation from the (1) Lobby Admin and (2) Local Management User privilege levels.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0062?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Integrated Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Wireless Services Modules, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-0062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-0062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-0062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-0062 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 5 Feb 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0062/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0062

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0062/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.