CVE-2017-6704 Path traversal in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An authenticated remote attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem of the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning tool.

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-2017-6704?

CVE-2017-6704 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool, published on 4 Jul 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web application in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform arbitrary file downloads that could allow the attacker to read files from the underlying filesystem. More Information: CSCvc90335. Known Affected Releases: 12.1.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6704?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2017-6704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3rgx-c7jv-r7q6.

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