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Cisco IOx for IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-ioxPE-KgGvCAf9)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 137143
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by a vulnerability in the authorization controls for the Cisco IOx application hosting infrastructure due to incorrect handling of requests for authorization tokens. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by using a crafted API call to request such a token, in order to execute Cisco IOx API commands without proper authorization.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvq18527, CSCvq83400See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?fc91c220
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-73388
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 137143
File Name: cisco-sa-ioxPE-KgGvCAf9-iosxe.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 6/5/2020
Updated: 5/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3227
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-3227