A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download arbitrary files from the affected device.
Published: 2020-11-17
Following the publication of proof-of-concept (PoC) code, Cisco released three advisories for multiple vulnerabilities silently patched in a recent update. Organizations should apply these patches immediately.