THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-6639
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6639

Prime Data Center Network Manager vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
35.4%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the role-based access control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code with root privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the lack of authentication and authorization mechanisms for a debugging tool that was inadvertently enabled in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by remotely connecting to the debugging tool via TCP. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information about the affected software or execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software Releases 10.1(1) and 10.1(2) for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Virtual Appliance platforms. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd09961.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Prime Data Center Network Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 35.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6639

  • Confirm whether Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6639.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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