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CVE-2017-6732

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6732 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cisco Prime Network Software, specifically within its installation procedure. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain root privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), the attack requires high privileges but has low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and the vulnerability shows no signs of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2\(2.1\)pp1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_network:4.2\(2.1\)pp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2\(3.0\)pp6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_network:4.2\(3.0\)pp6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3\(0.0\)pp4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_network:4.3\(0.0\)pp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3\(1.0\)pp2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_network:4.3\(1.0\)pp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-prime
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99457
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry