CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6707

8.2 HIGH Published 2017-07-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-07-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-78

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI command-parsing code of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series 11.0 through 21.0, 5500 Series, and 5700 Series devices and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to break from the StarOS CLI of an affected system and execute arbitrary shell commands as a Linux root user on the system, aka Command Injection. The vulnerability exists because the affected operating system does not sufficiently sanitize commands before inserting them into Linux shell commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command for execution in a Linux shell command as a root user. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc69329, CSCvc72930.

Affected configurations

• cisco staros 11.0 base • cisco staros 12.0.0 • cisco staros 12.1 base • cisco staros 12.2\(300\) • cisco staros 12.2 base • cisco staros 14.0\(600\) • cisco staros 14.0.0 • cisco staros 15.0\(912\) • cisco staros 15.0\(935\) • cisco staros 15.0\(938\) • cisco staros 15.0 base • cisco staros 16.0\(900\) • cisco staros 16.0.0 • cisco staros 16.1.0 • cisco staros 16.1.1 • cisco staros 16.1.2 • cisco staros 16.5.0 • cisco staros 16.5.2 • cisco staros 17.2.0 • cisco staros 17.2.0.59184 • cisco staros 17.3.0 • cisco staros 17.3.1 • cisco staros 17.3 base • cisco staros 17.7.0 • cisco staros 18.0.0 • cisco staros 18.0.0.57828 • cisco staros 18.0.0.59167 • cisco staros 18.0.0.59211 • cisco staros 18.0.l0.59219 • cisco staros 18.1.0 • cisco staros 18.1.0.59776 • cisco staros 18.1.0.59780 • cisco staros 18.1 base • cisco staros 18.3.0 • cisco staros 18.3 base • cisco staros 18.4.0 • cisco staros 19.0.1 • cisco staros 19.0.m0.60737 • cisco staros 19.0.m0.60828 • cisco staros 19.0.m0.61045 • cisco staros 19.1.0 • cisco staros 19.1.0.61559 • cisco staros 19.2.0 • cisco staros 19.3.0 • cisco staros 20.0.0 • cisco staros 20.0.1.0 • cisco staros 20.0.1.a0 • cisco staros 20.0.1.v0 • cisco staros 20.0.2.3 • cisco staros 20.0.2.3.65026 • cisco staros 20.0.2.v1 • cisco staros 20.0.m0.62842 • cisco staros 20.0.m0.63229 • cisco staros 20.0.v0 • cisco staros 21.0.0 • cisco staros 21.0 base • cisco staros 21.0 m0.64246 • cisco staros 21.0 m0.64702

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References