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CVE-2017-12277

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
02/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

A vulnerability in the Smart Licensing Manager service of the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that could be executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain Smart Licensing configuration parameters. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by configuring a malicious URL within the affected feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco Firepower Security products running FX-OS code trains 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and 2.0.1 (versions 2.1.1, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 are not affected): Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86863.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_4110_next-generation_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_4120_next-generation_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_4140_next-generation_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_4150_next-generation_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:firepower_9300_security_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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