Privilege escalation in Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility

1) Insecure DLL loading

EUVDB-ID: #VU8546

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12252

CWE-ID: CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the application loading a malicious copy of a specific, nondefined DLL file instead of the DLL file it was expecting. A local attacker can load a specially crafted .dll file and gain elevated privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.0.4.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility: 2.0.3

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170920-findit

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.