CVE-2017-6774

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6774
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-17 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite or modify sensitive system files. The vulnerability is due to the inclusion of sensitive system files within specific FTP subdirectories. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by overwriting sensitive configuration files through FTP. An exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite configuration files on an affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd47739. Known Affected Releases: 21.0.v0.65839.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-552

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Software 21.0.v0.65839 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Software 21.0.v0.65839 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Routers FTP Configuration File Modification Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Routers FTP-Accessible System Files Let Remote Authenticated Users Overwrite or Modify Sensitive System Files - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Routers CVE-2017-6774 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.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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