CVE-2024-20306

A vulnerability in the Unified Threat Defense (UTD) configuration CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host

Severity
Medium 6
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
8.7th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Mar 27, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the Unified Threat Defense (UTD) configuration CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have level 15 privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.

Weakness: CWE-233

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software
  • cisco · ios_xe