CVE-2017-6601 Command injection 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 CLI of Cisco UCS Manager and Firepower appliances.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6601?
CVE-2017-6601 is a high-severity command injection 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 CLI 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 perform a command injection attack. More Information: CSCvb61384 CSCvb86764. Known Affected Releases: 2.0(1.68) 3.1(1k)A. Known Fixed Releases: 92.2(1.101) 92.1(1.1647).
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6601?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System, Cisco Unified Computing System.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6601?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6601 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-2017-6601 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6601 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System
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- CVE-2021-1368 Memory corruption in Cisco NX-OS Software
- CVE-2020-3456 Cisco FXOS Software Firepower Chassis Manager Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-3172 Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability
All Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x5f5-hxh4-fhq6.