Vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance
CVE-2017-6748
A vulnerability in the CLI parser of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid operator-level or administrator-level credentials. Affected Products: virtual and hardware versions of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA). More Information: CSCvd88855. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270 10.1.1-234.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.002
Affected products
- Cisco Web Security Appliance — versions 10.0.0-232, 10.0.0-233, 10.0_base
- Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance — versions 10.0.0, 10.0_base, 10.1.0
- Cisco Web Security Appliance — versions Cisco Web Security Appliance
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038956 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170719… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99918 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6748?
- CVE-2017-6748 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-07-25.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6748?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.