CVE-2017-6775

5.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

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

Summary

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to admin-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to incorrect permissions that are given to a set of users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the shell of an affected device and elevating their privileges by modifying environment variables. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain admin-level privileges and take control of the affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd47741. Known Affected Releases: 21.0.v0.65839.

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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