CVE-2017-6781 Privilege escalation in Policy Suite
An authenticated local attacker can gain elevated privileges on Cisco Policy Suite appliances by exploiting incorrect role-based access control in shell user account management.
- 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-2017-6781?
CVE-2017-6781 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Systems, Inc. Policy Suite, published on 17 Aug 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 management of shell user accounts for Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software for CPS appliances could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. The affected privilege level is not at the root level. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control (RBAC) for shell user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected appliance and providing crafted user input via the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to acquire a higher privilege level than should have been granted. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must log in to the appliance with valid credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve37724. Known Affected Releases: 9.0.0, 9.1.0, 10.0.0, 11.0.0, 12.0.0.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6781?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Policy Suite.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6781?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6781 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-6781 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6781 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems, Inc. Policy Suite
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c787-vq26-34f6.