Improper input validation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning - CVE-2017-6759

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Improper input validation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning - CVE-2017-6759

Published: August 3, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7672
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6759
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on the system.

The weakness exists in the UpgradeManager of the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trigger the upgrade package installation functionality and write arbitrary files as root on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-6759

Install update from vendor's website.

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