Cisco AsyncOS Software CVE-2017-6746 Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:99877

Info

Cisco AsyncOS Software CVE-2017-6746 Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 99877
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2017-6746
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 19 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 19 2017 12:00AM
Credit: Daniel Jensen from Security-Assessment.com
Vulnerable: Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 0
Cisco AsyncOS Software 11.0
Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.5
Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.1.0-204
Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.1
Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.0
Not Vulnerable: Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.5.1-270
Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.1.1-235

Discussion

Cisco AsyncOS Software CVE-2017-6746 Command Injection Vulnerability

Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliance (WSA) is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with root privileges. This may aid in further attacks.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco bug ID CSCvd88862.

Exploit / POC

Cisco AsyncOS Software CVE-2017-6746 Command Injection Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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Cisco AsyncOS Software CVE-2017-6746 Command Injection Vulnerability

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