Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3519Cisco Data Center Network Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in Cisco Data Center Network Manager from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Data Center Network Manager	n/a

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

20200819 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO