CVE-2017-6775

CVE-2017-6775 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running Cisco StarOS. An authenticated, local attacker with high privileges could exploit incorrect permissions by modifying environment variables to gain admin-level control. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.7), the attack requires local access and is of low complexity, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.