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CVE-2017-6712

A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privilege…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.05% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-esc1 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/99461 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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