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CVE-2019-12666

Published: Sep 25, 2019

Modified: Nov 20, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.7

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the Guest Shell of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform directory traversal on the base Linux operating system of Cisco IOS XE Software. The vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of certain commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by first accessing the Guest Shell and then entering specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the base Linux operating system.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco IOS XE Software 16.4.1

affected
unspecified - < n/a

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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