SB2017120112 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Published: December 1, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017120112
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-2017-12352)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in certain system script files that are installed at boot time on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers due to insufficient validation of user-controlled input. A local attacker can submit specially crafted input to a script file and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.