CVE-2017-12261
Description
A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 1.4 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 2.0 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 2.0.1 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 2.1.0 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_express | 1.4 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_express | 2.0 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_express | 2.0.1 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_express | 2.1.0 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance | 1.4 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance | 2.0 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance | 2.0.1 | |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance | 2.1.0 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-ise
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-ise
CWEs
CWE-264 CWE-863
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.