CVE-2017-6781

A 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.

CVSS v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-cps	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100365	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:policy_suite:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:policy_suite:11.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:policy_suite:9.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:policy_suite:10.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:policy_suite:9.0.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-08-17 13:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-6781

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6781

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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Products Affected

cisco

policy_suite

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