CVE-2017-12314
HIGHCisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility - DLL Preloading
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack, potentially causing a partial impact to the device availability, confidentiality, and integrity, aka Insecure Library Loading. The vulnerability is due to the application loading a malicious copy of a specific, nondefined DLL file instead of the DLL file it was expecting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing an affected DLL within the search path of the host system. An exploit could allow the attacker to load a malicious DLL file into the system, thus partially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf37955.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-findit
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101896
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
27.2%
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-427
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/findit_network_discovery_utility
2.1
n/a/Cisco FindIT Discovery Utility
Cisco FindIT Discovery Utility
Published
Nov 16, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026