CVE-2019-12709 — OS Command Injection in Cisco IOS XR Software

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco IOS XR SoftwareCisco IOS XR
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability in a CLI command related to the virtualization manager (VMAN) in Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific VMAN CLI command on an affected device. An attacker who has valid administrator access to an affected device could exp…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5cisco/cisco_ios_xr_softwareunspecified — n/a
▶NVDcisco/ios_xr5.1.0 — 6.5.3+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5cjv-qrr3-p336: A vulnerability in a CLI command related to the virtualization manager (VMAN) in Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 VMAN CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2019-09-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 VMAN CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2019-09-25
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