CVE-2017-12301 — Improper Input Validation in Cisco Nx-os Software

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco Nx-os SoftwareCisco Nx-os
Timeline
PublishedOct 19
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A vulnerability in the Python scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the Python parser and gain unauthorized access to the underlying operating system of the device. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied parameters that are passed to certain Python functions within the scripting sandbox of the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escape the scripting sandbox and execute ar…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5cisco/cisco_nx-os_softwareCisco NX-OS Software
▶NVDcisco/nx-os9 versions+8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6757-vfff-x6fc: A vulnerability in the Python scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the Python parser and↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-12301: A vulnerability in the Python scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the Python parser and↗2017-10-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco NX-OS Software Python Parser Escape Vulnerability↗2017-10-18
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