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Cisco StarOS Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-staros-priv-esc-gGCUMFxv)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 141357
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, the Cisco StarOS operating system on the remote Cisco ASR 5000 series router is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient validation of CLI commands. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by sending crafted commands to the CLI, in order to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user on the affected device.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 CSCvv34214See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 141357
File Name: cisco-sa-staros-priv-esc-gGCUMFxv.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 10/9/2020
Updated: 10/19/2020
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-2020-3601
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:asr_5000_series
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASR/Model, Host/Cisco/StarOS, Host/Cisco/StarOS/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-3601