7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-12243

Published: 02/11/2017 Updated: 09/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability in the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, local malicious user to obtain root shell privileges on the device, aka Command Injection. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of string input in the shell application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability through the use of malicious commands. A successful exploit could allow the malicious user to obtain root shell privileges on the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf20741, CSCvf60078.

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Vendor Advisories

A vulnerability in the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to obtain root shell privileges on the device The vulnerability is due to improper validation of string input in the shell appli ...

Exploits

## Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describes two remote code execution vulnerabilities found in Cisco UCS Platform Emulator version 31(2ePE1) Cisco UCS Platform Emulator is the Cisco UCS Manager application bundled into a virtual machine (VM) The VM includes software that emulates hardware communications for the Cisco Unified Com ...