#VU47436 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco ASR 5000 Series and Cisco StarOS - CVE-2020-3601

 

#VU47436 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco ASR 5000 Series and Cisco StarOS - CVE-2020-3601

Published: October 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47436
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Cisco StarOS
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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