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    CVE-2017-12277

    A vulnerability in the Smart Licensing Manager service of the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that could be executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain Smart Licensing configuration parameters. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by configuring a malicious URL within the affected feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco Firepower Security products running FX-OS code trains 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and 2.0.1 (versions 2.1.1, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 are not affected): Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86863.

    Published:Nov 2, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Nov 2, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00549
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower 4110 Next-generation Firewall
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower 4120 Next-generation Firewall
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower 4140 Next-generation Firewall
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower 4150 Next-generation Firewall
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower 9300 Security Appliance
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower Extensible Operating System

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High