CVE-2017-6622 Command injection in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning

Critical 9.8 Published 18 May 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via crafted HTTP requests in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-6622?

CVE-2017-6622 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, published on 18 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web interface for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform command injection with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to missing security constraints in certain HTTP request methods, which could allow access to files via the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the targeted application. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Software Releases prior to 12.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc98724.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6622?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6622 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-2017-6622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9vgq-7248-h4mj.