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CVE-2017-6707

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6707 is a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco StarOS for ASR 5000, 5500, and 5700 Series devices, and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) Software. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit insufficient command sanitization to execute arbitrary shell commands as a root user. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.2, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:11.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:12.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2\(300\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:12.2\(300\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:12.2_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 356 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-asrcmd
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99462
securitytracker.com / id/1038818
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry