CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-3223

4.9 MEDIUM 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])
4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios xe 16.9.4 • cisco ios xe 16.9.4c • 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 16.11.2 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1a • cisco ios xe 16.12.1c • cisco ios xe 16.12.1s • cisco ios xe 16.12.1t • cisco ios xe 16.12.1w • cisco ios xe 16.12.1y

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References