CVE-2020-27128
mediumpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.608 · 99 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the targeted system.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Managercisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-vmanage-file-Y2JSRNRbCisco SD-WAN vManage Software Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability2020-11-04csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the targeted system. 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-vmanage-file-Y2JSRNRb ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vmanage-file-Y2JSRNRb"]
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sources
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references (5)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27128cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vmanage-file-Y2JSRNRbcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3816/cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vmanage-file-Y2JSRNRbenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vmanage-file-Y2JSRNRbVendor Advisorynvd
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