SB2017092104 - Privilege escalation in Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility
Published: September 21, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017092104
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) Insecure DLL loading (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12252)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.