CVE-2020-3403

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-3403
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-24 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-27 15:47:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject a command to the underlying operating system that will execute with root privileges upon the next reboot of the device. The authenticated user must have privileged EXEC permissions on the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient protection of values passed to a script that executes during device startup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by writing values to a specific file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges each time the affected device is restarted.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-cl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-cl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-f - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-f - All All All
Application Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1 All All All

References

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Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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