Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6774
CVE-2017-6774
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.
Affected products
2- Cisco Systems, Inc./StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routersv5Range: 21.0.v0.65839
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:21.0.v0.65839:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100386nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039182nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-staros2nvdVendor Advisory
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