CVE-2020-3601
Cisco StarOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.4 Medium
- Published
- Oct 8, 2020
- Updated
- Nov 13, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 12, 2019
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have valid administrative credentials on an affected device.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | cisco |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco ASR 5000 Series SoftwareCisco |
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References
- 20201007 Cisco StarOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilityvendor-advisory
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