CVE-2017-6714: Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the AutoIT service of Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands as the Linux root user. The vulnerability is due to improper shell invocations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting CLI command inputs to execute Linux shell commands as the root user. This vulnerability affects all releases of Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server prior to Releases 5.0.3 and 5.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76673.

Affected products

• Cisco Ultra Services Framework Staging Server: up to and including 5.0.2

Published 2017-07-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.