# CVE-2017-6786: Information disclosure in Elastic Services Controller

> An authenticated local attacker can access unprotected log files to retrieve sensitive system credentials on Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2017
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rg82-c3xg-wvrf

## What is CVE-2017-6786?

CVE-2017-6786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Systems, Inc. Elastic Services Controller, 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 Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, local, unprivileged attacker to access sensitive information, including credentials for system accounts, on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper protection of sensitive log files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system and accessing unprotected log files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive log files, which may include system credentials, on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76616. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6786?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-6786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-6786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems, Inc. Elastic Services Controller

- [CVE-2019-1867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1867/): Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-0121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0121/): Auth bypass in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-6713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6713/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-6712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6712/): Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-6682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6682/): Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6786 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-6786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Systems, Inc. Elastic Services Controller, published on 17 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Systems, Inc. Elastic Services Controller. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6786/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6786/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6786
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6786
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6786

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