CVE-2017-6714

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A vulnerability in the AutoIT service of Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands as the Linux root user. The vulnerability is due to improper shell invocations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting CLI command inputs to execute Linux shell commands as the root user. This vulnerability affects all releases of Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server prior to Releases 5.0.3 and 5.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76673.

Affected products

Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server: through 5.0.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99436
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-usf3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99436
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-usf3

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