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CVE-2020-3457

Published: Oct 21, 2020

Modified: Nov 13, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.7

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

affected
n/a

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

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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