CVE-2020-3223 — Link Following in Cisco IOS XE Software 16.9.4

CWE-59 — Link Following4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco IOS XE Software 16.9.4Cisco IOS XE
Timeline
PublishedJun 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files on the underlying filesystem of the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file scope limiting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specific file reference on the filesystem and then accessing it through the web UI. An exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDcisco/ios_xe15 versions+14

Patches

Patch: tools.cisco.com ↗Patch: tools.cisco.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4c9c-3725-v3v6: A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative pr↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability↗2020-06-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability↗2020-06-03
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