CVE-2017-6598

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

A vulnerability in the debug plug-in functionality of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), and Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands, aka Privilege Escalation. More Information: CSCvb86725 CSCvb86797. Known Affected Releases: 2.0(1.68) 3.1(1k)A. Known Fixed Releases: 92.2(1.105) 92.1(1.1733) 2.1(1.69).

Affected products

Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS): 2.0(1.68)
Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed): 3.1(1k)a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97429
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038198
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-ucs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97429
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038198
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-ucs

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