Cisco IOS XR 6.0.1.x and 6.0.2.x < 6.0.2.7 / 6.1.x < 6.1.1.17 Command Input Handling Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 92948

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The version of Cisco IOS XR running on the remote device is 6.0.1.x or 6.0.2.x prior to 6.0.2.7, or 6.1.x prior to 6.1.1.17. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the command-line utility due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can exploit this, via crafted input to a command within a specific container, to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuz62721.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92948

File Name: cisco-sa-20160714-iosxr.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/12/2016

Updated: 4/8/2021

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-2016-1456

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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_xr

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XR/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1456

BID: 91785

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20160714-ios-xr

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuz62721

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