CVE-2017-6748

Summary

CVE	CVE-2017-6748
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	cisco
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2017-07-25 19:29:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Description	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.

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-74 | Command Injection and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	6.7	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	7.2		`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Access Vector

Local

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.0.0-232	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.0.0-233	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.0_base	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.1.0	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.1.0-204	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.1.1-230	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.5.0	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	10.5.0-358	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	11.0.0	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Appliance	11.0.0-613	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.0.0	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.0_base	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.1.0	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.1.1	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.1_base	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.5.1	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	10.5_base	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	11.0.0	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Web Security Virtual Appliance	11.0_base	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	Cisco Web Security Appliance	affected Cisco Web Security Appliance	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Cisco Web Security Appliance Authenticated Command Injection and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	tools.cisco.com	Vendor Advisory
Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2017-6748 Local Command Injection Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Web Security Appliance Command Line Input Validation Flaw Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.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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