CVE-2017-6696 Information disclosure in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An authenticated local attacker can access sensitive user credentials stored in the Cisco Elastic Services Controller file system.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-6696?

CVE-2017-6696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 13 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the file system of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain access to sensitive user credentials that are stored in an affected system. More Information: CSCvd73677. Known Affected Releases: 2.3(2).

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-6696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2vwh-gpg3-5pm3.

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