CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-12350

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliances 2.1.0 and earlier allows an authenticated, local attacker to log in to an affected virtual appliance with root privileges. The issue is due to the presence of default, static user credentials for the affected virtual appliance.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain full access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to change the default credentials and update to the latest software version to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliances 2.1.0 and earlier could allow an authenticated, local attacker to log in to an affected virtual appliance with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to the presence of default, static user credentials for an affected virtual appliance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the hypervisor console to connect locally to an affected system and then using the static credentials to log in to an affected virtual appliance. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected appliance with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg31220.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS