CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-3417
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-09-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute persistent code at boot time and break the chain of trust. This vulnerability is due to incorrect validations by boot scripts when specific ROM monitor (ROMMON) variables are set. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing code to a specific directory in the underlying operating system (OS) and setting a specific ROMMON variable. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute persistent code on the underlying OS. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need access to the root shell on the device or have physical access to the device.
Affected configurations
• cisco ios xe 3.18.0sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1asp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1bsp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1csp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1gsp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1hsp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1isp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.1sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.2asp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.2sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.3asp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.3bsp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.3sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.4sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.5sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.6sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.7sp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.8asp
• cisco ios xe 3.18.8sp
• 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
… and 38 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness