CVE-2017-12261
A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.
EPSS 0.05% · 14.8th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance | 2.0.1, 2.0, 1.4 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_express | 2.1.0, 1.4, 2.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 2.0, 2.0.1, 1.4 |
| n/a | Cisco Identity Services Engine | Cisco Identity Services Engine |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Nov 1, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 101641 vdb
- 1039717 vdb
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-ise url
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-wlc2 advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-aironet2 advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-cpcp advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-wlc1 advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-apicem advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-aironet1 advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-fpwr advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12261 advisory