# CVE-2017-6598: Privilege escalation in Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW, and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance

> An authenticated local attacker can execute arbitrary commands via the debug plug-in, leading to privilege escalation on Cisco UCS and Firepower devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p23q-35x3-74m3

## What is CVE-2017-6598?

CVE-2017-6598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System, published on 7 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the debug plug-in functionality of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands, aka Privilege Escalation. More Information: CSCvb86725 CSCvb86797. Known Affected Releases: 2.0(1.68) 3.1(1k)A. Known Fixed Releases: 92.2(1.105) 92.1(1.1733) 2.1(1.69).

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6598?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System, Cisco Unified Computing System.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-6598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-6598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System

- [CVE-2018-0310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0310/): Information disclosure in Cisco FXOS and NX-OS unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-6435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6435/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-1368](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1368/): Memory corruption in Cisco NX-OS Software (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-3456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3456/): Cisco FXOS Software Firepower Chassis Manager Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-3172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3172/): Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-6598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System, published on 7 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6598

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