Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3600Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Cisco SD-WAN Solution from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security controls on the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using an affected CLI utility that is running on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN Solution n/a

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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