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CVE-2020-3223

Published: Jun 3, 2020

Modified: Nov 15, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

4.5

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files on the underlying filesystem of the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file scope limiting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specific file reference on the filesystem and then accessing it through the web UI. An exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system's filesystem.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco IOS XE Software 16.9.4

affected
n/a

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

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