CVE-2017-6781

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6781
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 management of shell user accounts for Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software for CPS appliances could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. The affected privilege level is not at the root level. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control (RBAC) for shell user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected appliance and providing crafted user input via the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to acquire a higher privilege level than should have been granted. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must log in to the appliance with valid credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve37724. Known Affected Releases: 9.0.0, 9.1.0, 10.0.0, 11.0.0, 12.0.0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Policy Suite 10.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 11.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 12.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 9.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 9.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 10.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 11.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 12.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 9.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Policy Suite 9.1.0 All All All

References

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Cisco Policy Suite Software CVE-2017-6781 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Policy Suite Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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