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. K…

EPSS: 0.023 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cisco Elastic_services_controller — versions 21.0.0
N/a Cisco Elastic Services Controller — versions Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.