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CVE-2017-6639

CRITICAL

A vulnerability in the role-based access control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code with root privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the lack of authentication and authorization mechanisms for a debugging tool that was inadvertently enabled in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by remotely connecting to the debugging tool via TCP. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information about the affected software or execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software Releases 10.1(1) and 10.1(2) for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Virtual Appliance platforms. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd09961.

Published: Jun 8, 2017 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-16 CWE-862

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (3)

Vendor Product Version
cisco prime_data_center_network_manager 10.1\(1\)
cisco prime_data_center_network_manager 10.1\(2\)
cisco prime_data_center_network_manager 10.1.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-g5qh-px86-xw7j

A vulnerability in the role-based access control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco Prime Data Center...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 35.39%

Top 2% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 49.8 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub