CVE-2017-6775

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6775
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 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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 CVE-2017-6775 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Routers Incorrect User Permissions Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Routers Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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