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Cisco ASA Improper Input Validation (CVE-2020-3166)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 506190

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read or write arbitrary files on the underlying operating system (OS). The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted arguments to a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write to arbitrary files on the underlying OS.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f0375756

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 506190

File Name: tenable_ot_cisco_CVE-2020-3166.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3166

CWE: 20