PT-2020-1827 · Cisco · Cisco Remote Phy Device

Published 2020-03-04 · Updated 2020-03-05 · CVE-2020-3176

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 Remote PHY Device Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux shell of an affected device with root privileges. The issue exists because the software does not properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker with valid administrator access could exploit this by supplying certain CLI commands with crafted arguments, potentially allowing them to run arbitrary commands as the root user and resulting in a complete system compromise.

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

Command Injection

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01093

CVE-2020-3176

Affected Products

Cisco Remote Phy Device

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01093 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3176 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-rphy-cmdinject-DpEjeTgF · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1330 · Telegram Post