CVE-2017-6598 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the debug plug-in functionality of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series NGFW, and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), the attack requires high privileges but, once executed, can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0\(1.68\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:2.0\(1.68\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1\(1k\)aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:3.1\(1k\)a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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