Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers
CVE-2017-6775

5.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Cisco
Status
Staros For Asr 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 August 2017

What is CVE-2017-6775?

A vulnerability exists in the command-line interface of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the StarOS operating system. This issue arises from improper permissions being assigned to certain user roles, allowing an authenticated local attacker to elevate privileges to an admin level. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can log into the device via the shell and modify environment variables to gain complete control over the affected device.

Affected Version(s)

StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers 21.0.v0.65839

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100381
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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039183
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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