CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-3218

7.2 HIGH Published 2020-06-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-06-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux shell. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by first creating a malicious file on the affected device itself and then uploading a second malicious file to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or bypass licensing requirements on the device.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios xe 16.6.1 • cisco ios xe 16.6.2 • cisco ios xe 16.6.3 • cisco ios xe 16.6.4 • cisco ios xe 16.6.4a • cisco ios xe 16.6.4s • cisco ios xe 16.6.5 • cisco ios xe 16.6.5a • cisco ios xe 16.6.5b • cisco ios xe 16.6.6 • cisco ios xe 16.6.7 • cisco ios xe 16.6.7a • cisco ios xe 16.7.1 • cisco ios xe 16.7.1a • cisco ios xe 16.7.1b • cisco ios xe 16.7.2 • cisco ios xe 16.7.3 • cisco ios xe 16.7.4 • cisco ios xe 16.8.1 • cisco ios xe 16.8.1a • cisco ios xe 16.8.1b • cisco ios xe 16.8.1c • cisco ios xe 16.8.1d • cisco ios xe 16.8.1e • cisco ios xe 16.8.1s • cisco ios xe 16.8.2 • cisco ios xe 16.8.3 • cisco ios xe 16.9.1 • cisco ios xe 16.9.1a • cisco ios xe 16.9.1b • cisco ios xe 16.9.1c • cisco ios xe 16.9.1d • cisco ios xe 16.9.1s • cisco ios xe 16.9.2 • cisco ios xe 16.9.2a • cisco ios xe 16.9.2s • cisco ios xe 16.9.3 • cisco ios xe 16.9.3a • cisco ios xe 16.9.3h • cisco ios xe 16.9.3s • cisco ios xe 16.9.4 • cisco ios xe 16.9.4c • cisco ios xe 16.10.1 • cisco ios xe 16.10.1a • cisco ios xe 16.10.1b • cisco ios xe 16.10.1c • cisco ios xe 16.10.1d • cisco ios xe 16.10.1e • cisco ios xe 16.10.1f • cisco ios xe 16.10.1g • cisco ios xe 16.10.1s • cisco ios xe 16.10.2 • cisco ios xe 16.11.1 • cisco ios xe 16.11.1a • cisco ios xe 16.11.1b • cisco ios xe 16.11.1c • cisco ios xe 16.11.1s • cisco ios xe 16.12.1y

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References