CVE-2017-12317

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

The Cisco AMP For Endpoints application allows an authenticated, local attacker to access a static key value stored in the local application software. The vulnerability is due to the use of a static key value stored in the application used to encrypt the connector protection password. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by gaining local, administrative access to a Windows host and stopping the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg42904.

Affected products

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection: 3.1(10), 3.1(15), 4.0(0), 4.0(1), 4.0(2), 4.1(0) (+23)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101520
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171020-ampfe
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101520
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171020-ampfe

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