CVE-2017-6746

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6746
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-25 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.0 and later for WSA on both virtual and hardware appliances. More Information: CSCvd88862. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270 10.1.1-235.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.2 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | Command Injection and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.2HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.0.0-233 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.1.0-204 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.1.1-230 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.1.1-234 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.5.0 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 10.5.0-358 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.0.0-613 All All All
Application Cisco Web Security Appliance 11.0.0-641 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cisco Web Security Appliance affected Cisco Web Security Appliance Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Web Security Appliance Command Injection and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco AsyncOS Software CVE-2017-6746 Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Web Security Appliance Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Commands on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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