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CVE-2017-12300

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12300 describes a vulnerability in the SNORT detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software that allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass file policies designed to block SMB2 traffic. This flaw, due to incorrect SMB2 file detection based on file length, affects Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. With a CVSS score of 5.8 (Medium), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low complexity, and can lead to a bypass of security filters, but not confidentiality, integrity, or availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-20171115-firepower2
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101862
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry