Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-priv-esc1-OKMKFRhV)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 151375

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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 a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Virtual Services Container of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root-level privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a user-supplied open virtual appliance (OVA). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a malicious OVA on an affected device.

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 CSCvq20692

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 151375

File Name: cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc1-OKMKFRhV.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/6/2021

Updated: 5/3/2024

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-2020-3215

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: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3215

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-priv-esc1-OKMKFRhV

IAVA: 2020-A-0239-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq20692

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