Improper access control in Cisco ASR 5000 Series - CVE-2017-6774

 

Improper access control in Cisco ASR 5000 Series - CVE-2017-6774

Published: August 17, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7965
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6774
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to overwrite or modify sensitive system files.

The weakness exists in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system due to the inclusion of sensitive system files within specific FTP subdirectories. A remote authenticated attacker can overwrite sensitive configuration files through FTP and overwrite configuration files on an affected system.

Affected software

Cisco ASR 5000 Series

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6774

The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 21.4.A0.67087, 21.3.M0.67080.





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