CVE-2024-20343

Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 5.5
CVSS 3.1
Adjacent, local or physical access what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.001
2.7th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Vendor-published field
Published
Sep 11, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read any file in the file system of the underlying Linux operating system. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect validation of the arguments that are passed to a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device with low-privileged credentials and using the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker access files in read-only mode on the Linux file system.

Weakness: CWE-284

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (1)
  • Cisco · Cisco IOS XR Software

Vendor advisory

cisco-sa-iosxr-shellutil-HCb278wD

Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 5.5) · Published Sep 11, 2024

Bug ID: CSCwi71881

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