Vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Software

CVE-2017-6775

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to admin-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to incorrect permissions that are given to a set of users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the shell of an affected device and elevating their privileges by modifying environment variables. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain admin-level privileges and take control of the affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd47741. Known Affected Releases: 21.0.v0.65839.

EPSS: 0.003 (27.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

References

  • psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
  • psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6775?
CVE-2017-6775 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Software. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-6775?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.