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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6712

CVE-2017-6712

Description

A vulnerability in certain commands of Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root and run dangerous commands on the server. The vulnerability occurs because a "tomcat" user on the system can run certain shell commands, allowing the user to overwrite any file on the filesystem and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller prior to releases 2.3.1.434 and 2.3.2. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76634.

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Elastic Services Controller6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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