SB2017082401 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Meeting Server 



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

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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.