A vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated,
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.
- Published
- Aug 17, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 66th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-552
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Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | asr 5000 software | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cisco asr 5000 software21.0.v0.65839
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (cisco). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Cisco Systems, Inc. StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers
- 21.0.v0.65839affected
Same product
cisco: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-6729A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) processing functionality of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series31Monitor
- CVE-2016-6455A vulnerability in the Slowpath of StarOS for Cisco ASR 5500 Series routers with Data Processing Card 2 (DPC2) could allow an unauthenticate31Monitor
- CVE-2016-1436The General Packet Radio Switching Tunneling Protocol 1 (aka GTPv1) implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 Packet Data Network Gateway devices bef31Monitor
- CVE-2017-6773A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an aut26Monitor
- CVE-2017-6775A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an aut22Monitor
- CVE-2015-6351Cisco ASR 5500 System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway devices with software 19.1.0.61559 and 19.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a d21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-552 · Files or Directories Accessible to External PartiesCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- OS Credential DumpingT1003
- Data from Network Shared DriveT1039
- Automated CollectionT1119
- Data from Information RepositoriesT1213
- Data from Cloud Storage ObjectT1530
- Unsecured Credentials: Credentials in FilesT1552.001
- Unsecured Credentials: Bash HistoryT1552.003
- Unsecured Credentials: Private KeysT1552.004
- Unsecured Credentials: Group Policy PreferencesT1552.006
- Credentials from Password StoresT1555
- Data from Configuration RepositoryT1602
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100386
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039182
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-staros2
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.