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Medium severity · published Jul 25, 2017
CVE-2017-6748
A vulnerability in the CLI parser of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to…
6.7
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI parser of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid operator-level or administrator-level credentials. Affected Products: virtual and hardware versions of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA). More Information: CSCvd88855. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270 10.1.1-234.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WS
Web Security Appliance · Cisco
10.0.0-232; 10.0.0-233; 10.0_base; 10.1.0; 10.1.0-204; 10.1.1-230; +4 more · source: NVD
WS
Web Security Virtual Appliance · Cisco
10.0.0; 10.0_base; 10.1.0; 10.1.1; 10.1_base; 10.5.1; +3 more · source: NVD
Affected product
WS
Web Security Appliance
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6748
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6748
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99918
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038956
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170719-wsa2
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