#VU9091 Privilege escalation in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - CVE-2017-12262
Published: November 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9091
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12262
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
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.
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.
Remediation
Update to version 1.5.