CVE-2017-12277 Command injection in Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary commands via Smart Licensing parameters to execute code with root privileges on Cisco Firepower appliances.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12277?
CVE-2017-12277 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System, published on 2 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12277?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12277?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2017-12277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-7g3p-7vv6-j5pw.