Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3223Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Medium 4.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco IOS XE Software 16.9.4 from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files on the underlying filesystem of the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file scope limiting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specific file reference on the filesystem and then accessing it through the web UI. An exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system's filesystem.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software 16.9.4	n/a

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

20200603 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO