Symlink Creation Vulnerability in Cisco Ultra Services Framework

CVE-2017-6708 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

A vulnerability in the symbolic link (symlink) creation functionality of the AutoVNF tool for the Cisco Ultra Services Framework could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read sensitive files or execute malicious code on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the absence of validation checks for the input that is used to create symbolic links. This vulnerability affects all releases of the Cisco Ultra Services Framework prior to Releases 5.0.3 and 5.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76654.

Learn more about our Cis Benchmark Audit For Cisco.