CVE-2019-12670
published 2019-09-25CVE-2019-12670: A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace…
PriorityP430medium6.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.31%
23.7th percentile
A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace container protections on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying files that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remove container protections and perform file actions outside the namespace of the container.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisco | cisco_ios_xe_software_3.2.11asg | >= unspecified < n/a | n/a |
| cisco | ios | — | — |
| cisco | ios_xe | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.06.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vendor_cisco6.7MEDIUM
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Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Guest Shell Namespace Protection Vulnerability
vendor_cisco·2019-09-25·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2019-12670 [MEDIUM] CWE-284 Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Guest Shell Namespace Protection Vulnerability
Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Guest Shell Namespace Protection Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace container protections on an affected device.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying files that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remove container protections and perform file actions outside the namespace of the container.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
This advisory is available at the following link:
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/cente
Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Guest Shell Namespace Protection Vulnerability
vendor_cisco·CVSS 3.0
CVE-2019-12670 Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Guest Shell Namespace Protection Vulnerability
CVE-2019-12670: Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Guest Shell Namespace Protection Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace container protections on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying files that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remove container protections and perform file actions outside the namespace of the container. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no
CVSS: 3.0
CWE: CWE-284, CWE-284
Bug IDs: CSCvn43123
GHSA
GHSA-g944-pxwm-3499: A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the names
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-12670 [MEDIUM] GHSA-g944-pxwm-3499: A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the names
A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace container protections on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying files that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remove container protections and perform file actions outside the namespace of the container.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2019-09-25
Published