Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-priv-esc3-GMgnGCHx)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137332

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.
A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvq26065

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4f6ce1dd

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq26065

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137332

File Name: cisco-sa-priv-esc3-GMgnGCHx-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/11/2020

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3213

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3213

CWE: 264

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-priv-esc3-GMgnGCHx

IAVA: 2020-A-0239-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq26065