SB2017081707 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Policy Suite
Published: August 17, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017081707
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6781)
The vulnerability allows a local, authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the management of shell user accounts for Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software for CPS appliances due to incorrect role-based access control (RBAC) for shell user accounts. A local attacker can authenticate to an affected appliance and provide a specially crafted data via the CLI to gain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.