CVE-2017-6774

MEDIUM

Cisco ASR 5000 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite or modify sensitive system files. The vulnerability is due to the inclusion of sensitive system files within specific FTP subdirectories. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by overwriting sensitive configuration files through FTP. An exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite configuration files on an affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd47739. Known Affected Releases: 21.0.v0.65839.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 47.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-552
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/asr_5000_software
Cisco Systems, Inc./StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers < 21.0.v0.65839
Published Aug 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026