CVE-2017-12333 describes a 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 crafted, unsigned software images. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high privileges and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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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