Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 104480

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Identity Services Engine Software is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Please see the included Cisco BID and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCve74916.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?65b58def

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCve74916

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104480

File Name: cisco-sa-20171101-ise.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/9/2017

Updated: 4/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12261

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12261

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20171101-ise

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCve74916