CVE-2017-6679
MEDIUMCisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance <2.0.3 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance Version 2.0.3 and prior contained an undocumented encrypted remote support tunnel (SSH) which auto initiated from the customer's appliance to Cisco's SSH Hubs in the Umbrella datacenters. These tunnels were primarily leveraged for remote support and allowed for authorized/authenticated personnel from the Cisco Umbrella team to access the appliance remotely and obtain full control without explicit customer approval. To address this vulnerability, the Umbrella Virtual Appliance version 2.1.0 now requires explicit customer approval before an SSH tunnel from the VA to the Cisco terminating server can be established.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://support.umbrella.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004154423
Third Party Advisory
https://support.umbrella.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004752143-Virtual-Appliance-Vulnerability-due-to-always-on-SSH-Tunnel-RESOLVED-2017-09-15
Third Party Advisory
https://www.info-sec.ca/advisories/Cisco-Umbrella.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101567
Various Sources vendor-advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-umbrella-tunnel-gJw5thgE
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
28.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
cisco/umbrella
< 2.0.3
cisco/umbrella_virtual_appliance
< 2.1.0
n/a/Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance Version 2.0.3 and prior
Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance Version 2.0.3 and prior
Published
Dec 01, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026