Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco ASR 5000 Series and Cisco StarOS - CVE-2020-3601
Published: October 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47436
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3601
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Cisco StarOS
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Cisco StarOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of CLI commands. A local administrator can send specially crafted commands to the CLI and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3601
Install updates from vendor's website.