Improper input validation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning - CVE-2017-6759
Published: August 3, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7672
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6759
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6759
Install update from vendor's website.