CVE-2020-3213
published 2020-06-03CVE-2020-3213: A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the…
PriorityP433medium6.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.41%
33.4th percentile
A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to the ROMMON allowing for special parameters to be passed to the device at initial boot up. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending parameters to the device at initial boot up. An exploit could allow the attacker to elevate from a Priv15 user to the root user and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user.
Affected
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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
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_cisco6.7MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-637f-69rv-x68j: A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-3213 [HIGH] GHSA-637f-69rv-x68j: A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of
A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to the ROMMON allowing for special parameters to be passed to the device at initial boot up. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending parameters to the device at initial boot up. An exploit could allow the attacker to elevate from a Priv15 user to the root user and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user.
Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
vendor_cisco·2020-06-03·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2020-3213 [MEDIUM] CWE-264 Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system.
The vulnerability is due to the ROMMON allowing for special parameters to be passed to the device at initial boot up. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending parameters to the device at initial boot up. An exploit could allow the attacker to elevate from a Priv15 user to the root user and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user.
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://se
Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
vendor_cisco·CVSS 3.0
CVE-2020-3213 Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2020-3213: Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to the ROMMON allowing for special parameters to be passed to the device at initial boot up. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending parameters to the device at initial boot up. An exploit could allow the attacker to elevate from a Priv15 user to the root user and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no
CVSS: 3.0
CWE: CWE-264, CWE-264
Bug IDs: CSCvq26065
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2020-06-03
Published