OS Command Injection in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2020-3171

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OS Command Injection in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2020-3171

Published: February 27, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25650
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3171
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco FXOS
Cisco UCS Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation in the local management (local-mgmt) CLI. A local user can include a specially crafted arguments to specific commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

This vulnerability affects the following products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco FXOS Software or Cisco UCS Manager Software:

  • Firepower 2100 Series
  • Firepower 4100 Series
  • Firepower 9300 Security Appliances
  • UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
  • UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects
  • UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects


How to mitigate CVE-2020-3171

Install updates from vendor's website.

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