Privilege escalation in Cisco Emergency Responder - CVE-2017-12337
Published: November 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9387
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12337
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Emergency Responder
Cisco Emergency Responder
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in Cisco Voice Operating System (VOS) software platform device due to improper authentication when a refresh upgrade or Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD) migration is performed. A remote attacker can gain root access to the device with a known password and compromise the affected system.
The weakness exists in Cisco Voice Operating System (VOS) software platform device due to improper authentication when a refresh upgrade or Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD) migration is performed. A remote attacker can gain root access to the device with a known password and compromise the affected system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12337
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: CER.12.0(1.11900.5), CER.11.5(4.20000.2).