SB2017120102 - Privilege escalation in Cisco FXOS Software
Published: December 1, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017120102
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12329)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the CLI due to insufficient input validation of command arguments to the CLI parser. A local attacker can inject specially crafted command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command and execute arbitrary commands at the user's privilege level.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.