CVE-2017-12261

HIGH

Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation via Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 24.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-863
Status published
Products (13)
cisco/identity_services_engine 1.4
cisco/identity_services_engine 2.0
cisco/identity_services_engine 2.0.1
cisco/identity_services_engine 2.1.0
cisco/identity_services_engine_express 1.4
cisco/identity_services_engine_express 2.0
cisco/identity_services_engine_express 2.0.1
cisco/identity_services_engine_express 2.1.0
cisco/identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance 1.4
cisco/identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance 2.0
... and 3 more
Published Nov 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026