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Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Elastic Services Controller Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20170705-esc1

Revision: 1.0

For Public Release: 2017 July 5 16:00 GMT

Last Updated: 2017 July 5 16:00 GMT

CVE ID(s): CVE-2017-6712

CVSS Score v(3): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Summary
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A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root and run dangerous commands on the server.

The vulnerability occurs because a “tomcat” user on the system can run certain shell commands, allowing the user to overwrite any file on the filesystem and elevate privileges to root. An exploit could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges and run dangerous commands on the server.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-esc1 [“https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-esc1”]

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