SB2017102405 - Privilege escalation in Cisco AMP for Endpoints
Published: October 24, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017102405
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12317)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the Cisco AMP For Endpoints application due to the use of a static key value stored in the application used to encrypt the connector protection password. A local attacker can gain local, administrative access to a Windows host and stop the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.