OS command injection in Cisco Ultra Services Framework - CVE-2017-6714

 

OS command injection in Cisco Ultra Services Framework - CVE-2017-6714

Published: July 6, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7341
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6714
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Ultra Services Framework

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands.

The vulnerability exists in the AutoIT service of Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server due to improper shell invocations. A remote attacker can use specially crafted CLI commands to execute Linux shell commands with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6714

The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions:
5.0.3, 5.1.

Sources