CVE-2017-6712CWE-78

A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root and run…

published July 6, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root and run dangerous commands on the server. The vulnerability occurs because a "tomcat" user on the system can run certain shell commands, allowing the user to overwrite any file on the filesystem and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller prior to releases 2.3.1.434 and 2.3.2. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76634.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02046 · 80.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2017-07-06T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 JUL 00:00Z
    A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root and run…
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