Information disclosure in Elastic Services Controller - CVE-2017-6696
Published: June 9, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6997
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6696
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists in the file system of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers due to insufficient access control to the credential repository on an affected system. A local attacker can use a command line to retrieve sensitive credentials.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
The weakness exists in the file system of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers due to insufficient access control to the credential repository on an affected system. A local attacker can use a command line to retrieve sensitive credentials.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
Affected software
Elastic Services Controller
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6696
Install update from vendor's website.