Cisco IOS XE Software Virtualization Manager CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20190925-vman-cmd-injection)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139850

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by command injection vulnerability. A local, authenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root on the underlying system. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuw36015

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139850

File Name: cisco-sa-20190925-vman-cmd-injection.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/26/2020

Updated: 1/8/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12661

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12661

CWE: 77

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190925-vman-cmd-injection

IAVA: 2019-A-0352-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuw36015

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