CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12261
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264, CWE-863
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• cisco identity services engine 1.4
• cisco identity services engine 2.0
• cisco identity services engine 2.0.1
• cisco identity services engine 2.1.0
• cisco identity services engine express 1.4
• cisco identity services engine express 2.0
• cisco identity services engine express 2.0.1
• cisco identity services engine express 2.1.0
• cisco identity services engine virtual appliance 1.4
• cisco identity services engine virtual appliance 2.0
• cisco identity services engine virtual appliance 2.0.1
• cisco identity services engine virtual appliance 2.1.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-ise Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-ise Vendor Advisory