PT-2019-3339 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

Published 2019-09-25 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2019-12672

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XE Software (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient file location validation in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software, which could allow an authenticated, local attacker with physical access to an affected device to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. An attacker could exploit this by placing code in a specific format on a USB device and inserting it into an affected Cisco device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute the code with root privileges on the underlying OS of the affected device.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03446

CVE-2019-12672

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12672 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03446 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190925-iosxe-codeexec · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12672 · Vendor Advisory