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CVE-2017-12261

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.

Published

2017-11-02T16:29:00.223

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-264
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-863
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cisco identity_services_engine 1.4 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine 2.0 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine 2.0.1 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine 2.1.0 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_express 1.4 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_express 2.0 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_express 2.0.1 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_express 2.1.0 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance 1.4 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance 2.0 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance 2.0.1 Yes
Application cisco identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance 2.1.0 Yes
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