CVE-2017-6690 describes a vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running Cisco StarOS, specifically within the file check operation. This flaw allows an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite or modify arbitrary files on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.9 (Medium), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high integrity impact (data modification). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
21.0.v0.65839CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:21.0.v0.65839:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.3.m0.67005CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:21.3.m0.67005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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