CVE-2017-12277

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12277
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-02 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-20 15:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the Smart Licensing Manager service of the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that could be executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain Smart Licensing configuration parameters. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by configuring a malicious URL within the affected feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco Firepower Security products running FX-OS code trains 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and 2.0.1 (versions 2.1.1, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 are not affected): Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86863.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4110 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4110 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4120 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4120 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4140 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4140 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4150 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4150 Next-generation Firewall - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance - All All All
Operating System Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System All All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance Smart Licensing Command Injection Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple Cisco Products CVE-2017-12277 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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