PT-2020-1990 · Linux+1 · Linux+1

Published 2020-02-26 · Updated 2023-04-20 · CVE-2020-3169

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 FXOS Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with a privilege level of root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command on the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

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

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01307

CVE-2020-3169

Affected Products

Cisco Fxos

Linux

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3169 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200226-fpwr-cmdinj · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01307 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-3169 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/48724 · Telegram Post