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CVE-2017-12277

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12277 describes a command injection vulnerability in the Smart Licensing Manager service of Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewalls and Firepower 9300 Security Appliances running specific FX-OS code trains. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit insufficient input validation in Smart Licensing configuration parameters by injecting a malicious URL, leading to arbitrary command execution with root privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0380 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-fpwr
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101661
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry