SB2017082401 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Meeting Server
Published: August 24, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082401
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6794)
The vulnerability allows a local administrator attacker to perform command injection on the target system.The weakness exists in the CLI command-parsing code of Cisco Meeting Server due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input at the CLI for certain commands. A local attacker can authenticate to the affected application with valid administrator credentials, submit and execute a specially crafted CLI command and gain root privileges on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.