CVE-2017-12261 (GCVE-0-2017-12261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-02 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:28
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Summary
A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
cisco CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 431 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Cisco Identity Services Engine Affected: Cisco Identity Services Engine
Date Public
2017-11-02 00:00
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