Information disclosure in Elastic Services Controller - CVE-2017-6691

 

Information disclosure in Elastic Services Controller - CVE-2017-6691

Published: June 9, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6991
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6691
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Elastic Services Controller

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers due to improper permissions that are set for certain files by the affected service. A remote attacker can access arbitrary files and conduct further attacks.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-6691

Install update from vendor's website.

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