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CVE-2017-6712

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-78 OS Command Injections
Publication date:
06/07/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root and run dangerous commands on the server. The vulnerability occurs because a "tomcat" user on the system can run certain shell commands, allowing the user to overwrite any file on the filesystem and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller prior to releases 2.3.1.434 and 2.3.2. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76634.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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