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.
EPSS: 0.008 (54.8th 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 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
- N/a Cisco Web Security Appliance — versions Cisco Web Security Appliance
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 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_BID)
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.