What is CVE-2017-6712?

CVE-2017-6712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-6712?

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

RCE in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

CVE-2017-6712

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.020 (79.2th 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 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0
N/a Cisco Elastic Services Controller — versions Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6712?: CVE-2017-6712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-6712?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.