What is CVE-2017-6684?

CVE-2017-6684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-6684?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

CVE-2017-6684

A vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the Linux admin user, aka an Insecure Default Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76651. Known Affected Releases: 21.0.0.

Published 2017-06-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Elastic Services Controller — versions 21.0.0
Cisco Elastic Services Controller — versions Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98979 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170607… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6684?: CVE-2017-6684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-6684?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.