Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3227Cisco IOx for IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Cisco IOS XE Software 16.3.1 from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.5% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)3.5%top 10.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the authorization controls for the Cisco IOx application hosting infrastructure in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute Cisco IOx API commands without proper authorization. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of requests for authorization tokens. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a crafted API call to request such a token. An exploit could allow the attacker to obtain an authorization token and execute any of the IOx API commands on an affected device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software 16.3.1	n/a

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

References

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