Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6786
CVE-2017-6786
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller could allow an authenticated, local, unprivileged attacker to access sensitive information, including credentials for system accounts, on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper protection of sensitive log files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system and accessing unprotected log files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive log files, which may include system credentials, on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76616. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.2\(9.76\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:2.2\(9.76\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.2(9.76).
Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100391nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-esc4nvdVendor Advisory
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