Medium severity · published Nov 30, 2017
CVE-2017-12336
A vulnerability in the TCL scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the interactive TCL shell and gain…
4.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the TCL scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the interactive TCL shell and gain unauthorized access to the underlying operating system of the device. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied files passed to the interactive TCL shell of the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escape the scripting sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the authenticated user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have local access and be authenticated to the targeted device with administrative or tclsh execution privileges. This vulnerability affects the following products running Cisco NX-OS System Software: Multilayer Director Switches, Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, Nexus 3000 Series Switches, Nexus 3500 Platform Switches, Nexus 5000 Series Switches, Nexus 5500 Platform Switches, Nexus 5600 Platform Switches, Nexus 6000 Series Switches, Nexus 7000 Series Switches, Nexus 7700 Series Switches, Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode, Nexus 9500 R-Series Line Cards and Fabric Modules, Unified Computing System Manager. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve93750, CSCve93762, CSCve93763, CSCvg04127.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
6.0(2)a8(3); 8.0(1); 8.1(0)bd(0.20); 8.1(0.2)s0; 8.1(0.59)s0; 8.1(1)s5 · source: NVD
UC
Unified Computing System · Cisco
7.0(0)hsk(0.357) · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12336
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12336
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102168
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039936
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-nxos5
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