VDB-102293 · CVE-2017-6689 · BID 98983

Cisco Elastic Services Controller 2.2(9.76) ConfD CLI credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Cisco Elastic Services Controller 2.2(9.76). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ConfD CLI. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-6689. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Elastic Services Controller 2.2(9.76). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component ConfD CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the admin user, aka an Insecure Default Administrator Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76661. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).

The bug was discovered 06/07/2017. The weakness was presented 06/13/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170607-esc5 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-6689 since 03/09/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/27/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 98983†). See VDB-102297, VDB-102295 and VDB-102292 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Remote: Yes

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03/09/2017 🔍
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06/13/2017 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170607-esc5
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102293
SecurityFocus: 98983 - Cisco Elastic Services Controller CVE-2017-6689 Default Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2017 16:58
Updated: 12/27/2020 09:35
Changes: 06/13/2017 16:58 (65), 10/23/2019 14:43 (2), 12/27/2020 09:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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