Prime Collaboration ProvisioningApplication · Cisco
CVE-2017-6704
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability in the web application in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning tool could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform arbitrary file downloads that could allow the attacker to read files from the underlying filesystem. More Information: CSCvc90335. Known Affected Releases: 12.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA path traversal vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning version 12.1 allows an authenticated remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the server's filesystem by manipulating file path parameters in HTTP requests.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Prime Collaboration ProvisioningApplication
= 12.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning is installedCheck for the presence of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning on the system by looking for its installation directory, service, or by querying installed software packages if availableAffected if The product is not installed on the system
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Confirm the installed version is 12.1Locate the version information for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, typically found in the software itself, installation logs, or system inventory, and verify it equals 12.1Affected if The installed version is exactly 12.1 (any other version is not affected by this specific CVE)
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Determine if the web interface is accessibleCheck if the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning web interface port (default HTTPS ports 443 or 8443) is listening and reachable on the serverAffected if The web interface is exposed and accessible (even internally)
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Check if authentication is enabled on the web interfaceVerify that authentication is required to access the web interface by attempting to reach the login page or checking the web server configurationAffected if The web interface permits unauthenticated access to login or certain endpoints (authenticated access is required for this exploit but weak auth increases risk)
A system is affected if Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning version 12.1 is installed and its web interface is accessible, allowing an authenticated user to potentially exploit the path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch for CSCvc90335 from Cisco. If no patch is available, restrict web application access to only trusted authenticated users and implement input validation/path traversal protection at the application or WAF layer to prevent directory traversal sequences in file request parameters.
Fix this in Prime Collaboration Provisioning
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-6704 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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