Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privileges to a user with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied content. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to load malicious software onto an affected device. 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://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7C ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7C"]
describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-3214US | medium6.7 | — | ||
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privileges to a user with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7Cexternal
- Security Vulnerability Policyexternal
- considering software upgradesexternal
- Cisco Software Checkerexternal
- Cisco IOS XE 2 Release Notesexternal
- Cisco IOS XE 3S Release Notesexternal
- Cisco IOS XE 3SG Release Notesexternal
- Cisco Security Advisories and Alerts pageexternal
remediations (12)
- Fixed16.11.1
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.11.1a
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.11.1b
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.11.1c
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.11.1s
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.11.2
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.12.1
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.12.1a
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.12.1c
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.12.1s
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed16.12.1t
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - Fixed17.11.99SW
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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