CVE-2017-6682 Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands as the tomcat user via the ConfD CLI in Cisco Elastic Services Controllers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-6682?

CVE-2017-6682 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 13 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to run arbitrary commands as the Linux tomcat user on an affected system. More Information: CSCvc76620. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6682?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6682?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2017-6682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3jrw-43cp-6whq.

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