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CVE-2020-3241

Cisco UCS Director Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published: Jun 18, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-22
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 22.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)CiscoNetworking Infrastructure
UCS DirectorCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
ucs directorciscoNetworking Infrastructure
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucsd-task-path-trav-d67ZuAk7
tools.cisco.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucsd-task-path-trav-d67ZuAk7
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3241
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Jun 18, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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