Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9015
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 16.5% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)16.5%top 3.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official description
Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R 4.20.9M, DCS-7050CX3-32S-R 4.20.11M, and DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-R 4.22.0.1F devices (and possibly other products) allow attackers to bypass intended TACACS+ shell restrictions via a | character. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is a configuration issue relating to an overly permissive regular expression in the TACACS+ server permitted commands
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://securitybytes.me x_refsource_MISC
- https://securitybytes.me/posts/cve-2020-9015/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://eos.arista.com/arista-eos-is-not-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-9015/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158119/Arista-Restricted-Shell-Escape-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISC