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CVE-2017-6606

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Published: April 7, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:22 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xe

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

A vulnerability in a startup script of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the targeted system to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the root user. More Information: CSCuz06639 CSCuz42122. Known Affected Releases: 15.6(1.1)S 16.1.2 16.2.0 15.2(1)E. Known Fixed Releases: Denali-16.1.3 16.2(1.8) 16.1(2.61) 15.6(2)SP 15.6(2)S1 15.6(1)S2 15.5(3)S3a 15.5(3)S3 15.5(2)S4 15.5(1)S4 15.4(3)S6a 15.4(3)S6 15.3(3)S8a 15.3(3)S8 15.2(5)E 15.2(4)E3 15.2(3)E5 15.0(2)SQD3 15.0(1.9.2)SQD3 3.9(0)E.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

IOS Xe · Cisco

95%

16.1.1 16.1.2 16.2.1 3.1.0s 3.1.0sg 3.1.1s 3.1.1sg 3.1.2s 3.1.3s 3.1.4as 3.1.4s 3.10.0s 3.10.1s 3.10.1xbs 3.10.2s 3.10.2ts 3.10.3s 3.10.4s 3.10.5s 3.10.6s 3.10.7s 3.11.0s 3.11.1s 3.11.2s 3.11.3s 3.11.4s 3.12.0as 3.12.0s 3.12.1s 3.12.2s 3.12.3s 3.12.4s 3.13.0as 3.13.0s 3.13.1s 3.13.2as 3.13.2s 3.13.3s 3.13.4s 3.13.5as 3.13.5s 3.14.0s 3.14.1s 3.14.2s 3.14.3s 3.15.0s 3.15.1cs 3.15.1s 3.15.2s 3.15.3s 3.16.0cs 3.16.0s 3.16.1as 3.16.1s 3.16.2as 3.16.2bs 3.16.2s 3.17.0s 3.17.1as 3.17.1s 3.18.0as 3.18.0s 3.2.0se 3.2.0sg 3.2.0xo 3.2.10sg 3.2.11sg 3.2.1s 3.2.1se 3.2.1sg 3.2.1xo 3.2.2s 3.2.2se 3.2.2sg 3.2.3se 3.2.3sg 3.2.4sg 3.2.5sg 3.2.6sg 3.2.7sg 3.2.8sg 3.2.9sg 3.3.0s 3.3.0se 3.3.0sg 3.3.0sq 3.3.0xo 3.3.1s 3.3.1se 3.3.1sg 3.3.1sq 3.3.1xo 3.3.2s 3.3.2se 3.3.2sg 3.3.2xo 3.3.3se 3.3.4se 3.3.5se 3.4.0as 3.4.0s 3.4.0sg 3.4.0sq 3.4.1s 3.4.1sg 3.4.1sq 3.4.2s 3.4.2sg 3.4.3s 3.4.3sg 3.4.4s 3.4.4sg 3.4.5s 3.4.5sg 3.4.6s 3.4.6sg 3.4.7sg 3.4.8sg 3.5.0e 3.5.0s 3.5.0sq 3.5.1e 3.5.1s 3.5.1sq 3.5.2e 3.5.2s 3.5.2sq 3.5.3e 3.6.0e 3.6.0s 3.6.1e 3.6.1s 3.6.2ae 3.6.2s 3.6.3e 3.6.4e 3.6.5ae 3.6.5e 3.6.6e 3.6.7e 3.7.0bs 3.7.0e 3.7.0s 3.7.1e 3.7.1s 3.7.2e 3.7.2s 3.7.2ts 3.7.3e 3.7.3s 3.7.4e 3.7.4s 3.7.5s 3.7.6s 3.7.7s 3.8.0e 3.8.0s 3.8.1e 3.8.1s 3.8.2e 3.8.2s 3.9.0s 3.9.1s 3.9.2s

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-iosxe

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97434

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038190

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-iosxe

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-78

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