Resource exhaustion in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
CVE-2017-6713
A vulnerability in the Play Framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain full access to the affected system. The vulnerability is due to static, default credentials for the Cisco ESC UI that are shared between installations. An attacker who can extract the static credentials from an existing installation of Cisco ESC could generate an admin session token that allows access to all instances of the ESC web UI. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller prior to releases 2.3.1.434 and 2.3.2. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76627.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller — versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller — versions Cisco Elastic Services Controller
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99437 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6713?
- CVE-2017-6713 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-06.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6713?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.