A vulnerability in the guest shell feature of Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read and send packets outside the scope of the guest shell container. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to perform this attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient internal security measures in the guest shell feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending or receiving packets on the device-internal network outside of the guest shell container, aka "Unauthorized Internal Interface Access." This vulnerability affects the following products running Cisco NX-OS System Software: Nexus 3000 Series Switches, Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode, Nexus 9500 R-Series Line Cards and Fabric Modules. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf33038.
Published 2017-11-30 09:29:01
Updated 2019-10-09 23:23:00
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Products affected by CVE-2017-12351

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12351

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-12351

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.6
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
NIST
5.7
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
1.5
3.7
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-12351

  • Assigned by: ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)
  • The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2017-12351

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