CVE-2017-6606

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6606
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-07 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in a startup script of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the targeted system to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the root user. More Information: CSCuz06639 CSCuz42122. Known Affected Releases: 15.6(1.1)S 16.1.2 16.2.0 15.2(1)E. Known Fixed Releases: Denali-16.1.3 16.2(1.8) 16.1(2.61) 15.6(2)SP 15.6(2)S1 15.6(1)S2 15.5(3)S3a 15.5(3)S3 15.5(2)S4 15.5(1)S4 15.4(3)S6a 15.4(3)S6 15.3(3)S8a 15.3(3)S8 15.2(5)E 15.2(4)E3 15.2(3)E5 15.0(2)SQD3 15.0(1.9.2)SQD3 3.9(0)E.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-78 | Command Execution Vulnerability


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.1.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.1.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.0sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.1sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.4as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.1.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.1xbs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.2ts All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.5s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.6s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.7s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12.0as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.0as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.2as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.5as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.5s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.1cs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.0cs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.1as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.2as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.2bs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.17.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.17.1as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.17.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.18.0as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.18.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.0se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.0sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.0xo All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.10sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.11sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.1se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.1sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.1xo All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.2se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.2sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.3se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.3sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.4sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.5sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.6sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.7sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.8sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2.9sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.0se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.0sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.0sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.0xo All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.1se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.1sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.1sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.1xo All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.2se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.2sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.2xo All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.3se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.4se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3.5se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.0as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.0sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.0sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.1sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.1sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.2sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.3sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.4sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.5s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.5sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.6s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.6sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.7sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4.8sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.0sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.1sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.2e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.2sq All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5.3e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.2ae All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.3e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.4e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.5ae All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.5e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.6e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6.7e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.0bs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.2e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.2ts All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.3e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.4e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.5s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.6s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7.7s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.8.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.8.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.8.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.8.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.8.2e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.8.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.2s All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cisco IOS XE affected Cisco IOS XE Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS XE Software Startup Script Local Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco IOS XE Software CVE-2017-6606 Local Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco IOS XE Console ROMMON Variable Validation Flaw Lets Physically Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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