CVE-2017-12331 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS System Software affecting Multilayer Director Switches, Nexus 7000/7700 Series Switches, and Unified Computing System Manager. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials can bypass signature verification to load a crafted, unsigned software patch. This could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:8.1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.357\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.357\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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