CVE-2017-6735 Code injection in Cisco FireSIGHT System Software

What is CVE-2017-6735?

CVE-2017-6735 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Cisco FireSIGHT System Software, published on 10 Jul 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 backup and restore functionality of Cisco FireSIGHT System Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. More Information: CSCvc91092. Known Affected Releases: 6.2.0 6.2.1.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6735?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Firesight System Software.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6735?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6735 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2017-6735 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco FireSIGHT System Software

• CVE-2016-6394 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2015-6335 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2016-6417 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-1394 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 8.6
• CVE-2017-6766 Security feature bypass in Cisco Firepower System Software High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p32p-qr9r-gpmg.