#VU9091 Privilege escalation in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller


Published: 2017-11-02

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9091

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12262

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Local network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Web applications / Remote management & hosting panels

Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc

Description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain privileged access to the target device.

The weakness exists within the firewall configuration of the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) due to incorrect firewall rule. An adjacent attacker can send traffic to the public interface to be forwarded to the internal virtual network of the APIC-EM and gain access to services listening on the internal network with elevated privileges.

Mitigation
Update to version 1.5.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller: 1.4


External links
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-apicem


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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