CVE-2020-3207

Summary

CVECVE-2020-3207
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-03 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-05 15:39:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the processing of boot options of specific Cisco IOS XE Software switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker with root shell access to the underlying operating system (OS) to conduct a command injection attack during device boot. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation checks while processing boot options. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying device boot options to execute attacker-provided code. A successful exploit may allow an attacker to bypass the Secure Boot process and execute malicious code on an affected device with root-level privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-12x48uq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-12x48uq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-12x48ur - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-12x48ur - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-12x48uz - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-12x48uz - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-24pd - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-24pd - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-24pdm - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-24pdm - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-48fq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-48fq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-48fqm - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-48fqm - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-8x24uq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3650-8x24uq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-24xs - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-24xs - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-48xs - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-48xs - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-nm-2-40g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-nm-2-40g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-nm-8-10g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 3850-nm-8-10g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-24p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-24p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-24t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-24t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-48p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-48p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-48t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200-48t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24pxg-2y - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24pxg-2y - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24pxg-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24pxg-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-24t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48pxg-2y - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48pxg-2y - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48pxg-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48pxg-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9200l-48t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24s - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24s - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24u - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24u - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24ux - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-24ux - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48s - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48s - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48u - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48u - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48un - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48un - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48uxm - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300-48uxm - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-24t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48p-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48p-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48t-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9300l-48t-4x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-12q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-12q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-16x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-16x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-24q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-24q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-24y4c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-24y4c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-32c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-32c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-32qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-32qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-40x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-40x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-48y4c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst C9500-48y4c - All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3h All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3h All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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