CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-20306

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2024-03-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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
Weaknesses
CWE-233

Description

A vulnerability in the Unified Threat Defense (UTD) configuration CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have level 15 privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios xe 17.10.1 • cisco ios xe 17.10.1a • cisco ios xe 17.10.1b • cisco ios xe 17.11.1 • cisco ios xe 17.11.1a • cisco ios xe 17.11.99sw • cisco ios xe 17.12.1 • cisco ios xe 17.12.1a • cisco ios xe 17.12.1w

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-233 Improper Handling of Parameters weakness

References