CVE-2017-6792
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool...
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite system files as root. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the parameters in BatchFileName and Directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the parameters of the batch action file function. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd61766.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite system files as root. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the parameters in BatchFileName and Directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the parameters of the batch action file function. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd61766.
- Record
CVE-2017-6792- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 8.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite system files as root. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the parameters in BatchFileName and Directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the parameters of the batch action file function. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd61766.
- Record
CVE-2017-6792- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15846 No score
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite system files as root. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the parameters in BatchFileName and Directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the parameters of the batch action file function. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd61766.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15846- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9qc8-wv7j-mx4g
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool...
A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite system files as root. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the parameters in BatchFileName and Directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the parameters of the batch action file function. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd61766.
- Record
GHSA-9qc8-wv7j-mx4g- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6792 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, published September 7, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.92%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.