VDB-102301 · CVE-2017-6697 · BID 98959

Cisco Elastic Services Controller 2.2(9.76) Web Interface Credentials information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Elastic Services Controller 2.2(9.76) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. This manipulation causes information disclosure (Credentials). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-6697. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Elastic Services Controller 2.2(9.76). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Credentials). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive system credentials that are stored in an affected system. More Information: CSCvd76339. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).

The bug was discovered 06/07/2017. The weakness was released 06/13/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170607-esc9 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6697 since 03/09/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/27/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 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 98959†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-102300 and VDB-102297. 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: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Credentials
Class: Information disclosure / Credentials
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/09/2017 🔍
06/07/2017 +90 days 🔍
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06/13/2017 +6 days 🔍
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12/27/2020 +1293 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170607-esc9
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102301
SecurityFocus: 98959 - Cisco Elastic Services Controller CVE-2017-6697 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2017 16:58
Updated: 12/27/2020 10:18
Changes: 06/13/2017 16:58 (66), 10/23/2019 14:56 (2), 12/27/2020 10:18 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:EBC:103

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