CVE-2017-12252
HighSummary
A vulnerability in the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack, potentially causing a partial impact to device availability, confidentiality, and integrity.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to load a malicious DLL file, thus partially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the device.
Recommendation
It is recommended to monitor and secure DLL search paths and update Cisco software to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility
Original NVD description (English source)
A vulnerability in the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack, potentially causing a partial impact to device availability, confidentiality, and integrity. The vulnerability is due to the application loading a malicious copy of a specific, nondefined DLL file instead of the DLL file it was expecting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing an affected DLL within the search path of the host system. An exploit could allow the attacker to load a malicious DLL file into the system, thus partially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve89785.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS