CVE-2017-6683 Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
An authenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands as the tomcat user on 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-2017-6683?
CVE-2017-6683 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 esc_listener.py script of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the tomcat user on an affected system, aka an Authentication Request Processing Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76642. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6683?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Elastic Services Controller.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6683?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6683 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-2017-6683 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6683 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
- CVE-2019-1867 Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-0121 Auth bypass in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
- CVE-2017-6713 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
- CVE-2017-6712 Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
- CVE-2017-6682 Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7w8x-vx5w-mg75.