Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3215Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco IOS XE Software 3.8.0S from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software 3.8.0S	n/a

Weakness: CWE-264 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

20200603 Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO