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CVE-2017-6775· NVD / CVE Program· CNA cisco

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an aut

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to admin-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to incorrect permissions that are given to a set of users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the shell of an affected device and elevating their privileges by modifying environment variables. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain admin-level privileges and take control of the affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd47741. Known Affected Releases: 21.0.v0.65839.

MediumCVSS 5.7 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 17, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 26th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ciscoasr 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 records

Other 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 Series
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-6455A vulnerability in the Slowpath of StarOS for Cisco ASR 5500 Series routers with Data Processing Card 2 (DPC2) could allow an unauthenticate
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-1436The General Packet Radio Switching Tunneling Protocol 1 (aka GTPv1) implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 Packet Data Network Gateway devices bef
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-6773A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an aut
    26Monitor
  • 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 d
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2015-6340The Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) component in the CDMA implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 devices with software 19.0.M0.60737 allows remote atta
    21Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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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

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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