What is CVE-2017-6732?

CVE-2017-6732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Network, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-6732?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cisco Prime Network

CVE-2017-6732

A vulnerability in the installation procedure for Cisco Prime Network Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to root privileges. More Information: CSCvd47343. Known Affected Releases: 4.2(2.1)PP1 4.2(3.0)PP6 4.3(0.0)PP4 4.3(1.0)PP2. Known Fixed Releases: 4.3(2).

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Prime_network — versions 4.2\(2.1\)pp1, 4.2\(3.0\)pp6, 4.3\(0.0\)pp4
N/a Cisco Prime Network — versions Cisco Prime Network

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

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-2017-6732?: CVE-2017-6732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Network, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-6732?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.