CVE-2017-12255

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.7
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco UCS Central Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain shell access. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands entered in the CLI, aka a Restricted Shell Break Vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering a specific command with crafted arguments. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain shell access to the underlying system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve70762.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-12255
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-21T05:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:22:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:1.5\(1c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:unified_computing_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170920-ucs Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039412 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100932 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12255
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12255
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:12:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:14:33 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 21:14:33 2017-09-21T05:29Z 2017-09-21T05:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 21:14:33 2019-10-09T23:22:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 21:14:33 Modified Vulnerability Status updated