Execution with unnecessary privileges in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance - CVE-2024-20435

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Execution with unnecessary privileges in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance - CVE-2024-20435

Published: July 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94510
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-2024-20435
CWE-ID: CWE-250
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input for the CLI. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-20435

Install updates from vendor's website.

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