What is CVE-2017-12337?

CVE-2017-12337 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Emergency_responder, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-12337?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cisco Emergency_responder

CVE-2017-12337

A vulnerability in the upgrade mechanism of Cisco collaboration products based on the Cisco Voice Operating System software platform could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized, elevated access to an affected devic…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.132 (94.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12337?: CVE-2017-12337 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Emergency_responder, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-12337?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.