CVE-2017-6768 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices. It stems from a flaw in the build procedure of certain system files, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to load a malicious library and gain root-level privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires valid user credentials but has low attack complexity, leading to complete device compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1\(0.920a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.1\(0.920a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1\(1j\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.1\(1j\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1\(3f\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.1\(3f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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