#VU7169 Session hijacking in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning - CVE-2017-6703

Vulnerability identifier: #VU7169

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6703

CWE-ID: CWE-384

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to hijack the target user's session.

The weakness exists in the web application in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning tool due to insufficient session management during user authentication. A remote attacker can perform a session fixation attack against the web application.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to session steal.

Mitigation
install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning: 12.1

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External links
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170621-pcp1

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.