CVE-2017-12337 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco collaboration products based on the Voice Operating System platform, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain root access. This occurs when an engineering flag remains enabled after a refresh upgrade or Prime Collaboration Deployment migration, making the device vulnerable to SFTP access with a known password. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete system compromise. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:emergency_responder:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:finesse:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_solution:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mediasense:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_license_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.