PT-2017-12486 · Cisco · Cisco Findit Network Discovery Utility

Published 2017-11-16 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-12314

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack. The issue is due to the application loading a malicious copy of a specific DLL file instead of the expected one. An attacker could exploit this by placing the affected DLL within the host system's search path, potentially allowing the loading of a malicious DLL file and compromising device confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12314

Affected Products

Cisco Findit Network Discovery Utility

References · 4

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-findit · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12314 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101896 · Note