Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2020· Updated Nov 13, 2024
Cisco FXOS Software for Firepower 4100/9300 Series Command Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2020-3459
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
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References
1- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fxos-cmdinj-b63rwKPmmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
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