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CVE-2024-20413

Published: Aug 28, 2024

Modified: Aug 30, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.7

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to elevate privileges to network-admin on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing application arguments from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create new users with the privileges of network-admin.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco NX-OS Software

affected
9.2(3)
affected
7.0(3)I5(2)
affected
6.0(2)A8(7a)
affected
7.0(3)I4(5)
affected
6.0(2)A6(1)

+154 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/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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