What is CVE-2017-12317?

CVE-2017-12317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-12317?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection

CVE-2017-12317

The Cisco AMP For Endpoints application allows an authenticated, local attacker to access a static key value stored in the local application software. The vulnerability is due to the use of a static key value stored in the application used to encrypt the connector protection password. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by gaining local, administrative access to a Windows host and stopping the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg42904.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Advanced_malware_protection — versions 3.1\(10\), 3.1\(15\), 4.0\(0\)
N/a Cisco Amp For Endpoints — versions Cisco AMP for Endpoints

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12317?: CVE-2017-12317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-12317?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.