Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7C)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137361

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by Privilege Escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privileges to a user with root-level privileges due to insufficient validation of user-supplied content. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to load malicious software onto an affected device.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvq24021

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137361

File Name: cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7C-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/11/2020

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-2020-3214

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-2020-3214

CWE: 264

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7C

IAVA: 2020-A-0239-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq24021

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