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CVE-2020-3602

Cisco StarOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Oct 8, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
6.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 71.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user on the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have valid credentials on an affected device and know the password for the cli test-commands command.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:LI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-78

Affected Products

Cisco ASR 5000 Series SoftwareCisco
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
staroscisco
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
StarOSCisco Systems Inc.
EmbeddedFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
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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Initial Access
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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-staros-privilege-esc-pyb7YTd
tools.cisco.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-staros-privilege-esc-pyb7YTd
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3602
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Oct 8, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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