Privilege escalation in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2017-12342
Published: December 1, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9485
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12342
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the Open Agent Container (OAC) feature due to insufficient internal security measures in the OAC feature. A local attacker can craft specific packets for communication on the device-internal network and run code on the underlying host operating system.
The weakness exists in the Open Agent Container (OAC) feature due to insufficient internal security measures in the OAC feature. A local attacker can craft specific packets for communication on the device-internal network and run code on the underlying host operating system.
Affected software
Nexus 7700 Series Switches
Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Nexus 5600 Platform Switches
Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Nexus 5600 Platform Switches
Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12342
Install update from vendor's website.