RCE in Cisco Firepower 4110 Next-Generation Firewall
CVE-2017-12277
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower 4110 Next-Generation Firewall
- Cisco Firepower 4120 Next-Generation Firewall
- Cisco Firepower 4140 Next-Generation Firewall
- Cisco Firepower 4150 Next-Generation Firewall
- Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance
- Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System — versions 1.1.4, 2.0.1
- Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Ngfw And 9300 Security Appliance — versions Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101661 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-12277?
- CVE-2017-12277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower 4110 Next-Generation Firewall, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-02.
- How severe is CVE-2017-12277?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.