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CVE-2017-6742 — Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2017-6742 · CWE: CWE-119

CVE-2017-6742: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Cisco
Product IOS and IOS XE Software
Date added 2023-04-19
Due date 2023-05-10
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code on an affected system or cause an affected system to reload.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170629-snmp; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6742

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-119. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6742
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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