Vulnerability · Published Oct 8, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3597Cisco Nexus Data Broker Software Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Nexus Data Broker from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the configuration restore feature of Cisco Nexus Data Broker software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of configuration backup files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an administrator to restore a crafted configuration backup file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files that are accessible through the affected software on an affected device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Nexus Data Broker	n/a

Weakness: CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

20201007 Cisco Nexus Data Broker Software Path Traversal Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO