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Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection (cisco-sa-ngwc-cmdinj-KEwWVWR)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 137203
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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 command injection vulnerability due to insufficient input validation of boot options. An authenticated, local attacker (with root privileges) can exploit this, by modifying device boot options, to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvq90824See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?851db65e
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-73388
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 137203
File Name: cisco-sa-ngwc-cmdinj-KEwWVWR-iosxe.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 6/8/2020
Updated: 5/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3207
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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-2020-3207