CVE-2017-12261

A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.

• CWE-264
• CWE-863

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-iseVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101641Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039717Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-iseVendor Advisory

Published

Nov 2, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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