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

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

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 May 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9vgq-7248-h4mj

## 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 (Missing Authorization), CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6622?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning < 12.1 - Authentication Bypass / Remote Code Execution (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning

- [CVE-2016-1416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1416/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-4307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4307/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-6756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6756/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-12276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12276/): SQL injection in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2018-0204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0204/): Denial of service in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6622 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning. 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-2017-6622/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6622/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6622
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6622
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6622

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