Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3594Cisco 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 input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted options to a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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

References

20201104 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO