SB2017102405 - Privilege escalation in Cisco AMP for Endpoints



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

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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.