CVE-2017-6649

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS System Software 7.1 through 7.3 running on Cisco Nexus Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files at the user's privilege level outside of the user's path. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86787, CSCve60516, CSCve60555.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6649
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-22T01:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(1\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(2\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(2.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(3.12\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(4\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(0\)d1\(0.437\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(0\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(0\)zz\(99.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(1\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.3\(0\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5548up:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5596t:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5596up:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_56128p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5624q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5648q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5672up:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5672up-16g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_5696q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-nss Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98531 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038518
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6649
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6649
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:05:53 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 17:05:53 2017-05-22T01:29Z 2017-05-22T01:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:05:53 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:05:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated