Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2020· Updated Nov 15, 2024

Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2020-3215

Description

A vulnerability in the Virtual Services Container of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root-level privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a user-supplied open virtual appliance (OVA). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a malicious OVA on an affected device.

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Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc./iOS Xr Softwarellm-fuzzy
Cisco Systems, Inc./IOS XE Software for Cisco Merakicpe-rescue
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References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc1-OKMKFRhVmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

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