Information disclosure in Remote Expert Manager - CVE-2017-6644

 

Information disclosure in Remote Expert Manager - CVE-2017-6644

Published: May 18, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6606
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6644
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Remote Expert Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due improper input validation in the kernel. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the web interface of the software and access sensitive information about the software that may be used to conduct additional reconnaissance attacks.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6644

Install update from vendor's website.

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