Privilege escalation in Cisco UCS Director - CVE-2017-3801
Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: February 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5840
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3801
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco UCS Director
Cisco UCS Director
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to obtain elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper role-based access control (RBAC) in web-based management interface when the Developer Menu is enabled in Cisco UCS Director. A remote authenticated user can enable Developer Mode for his/her user profile with an end-user profile and then add new catalogs with arbitrary workflow items to his/her profile.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will allow an attacker to perform any actions defined by these workflow items, including actions affecting other tenants.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3801
Update to version 6.0.1.0.