Cisco IOS XE Role-Based Access Control privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco IOS XE. This affects an unknown function of the component Role-Based Access Control. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-3393. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS XE (Router Operating System) (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Role-Based Access Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the application-hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. The attacker could execute IOS XE commands outside the application-hosting subsystem Docker container as well as on the underlying Linux operating system. These commands could be run as the root user. The vulnerability is due to a combination of two factors: (a) incomplete input validation of the user payload of CLI commands, and (b) improper role-based access control (RBAC) when commands are issued at the command line within the application-hosting subsystem. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a CLI command with crafted user input. A successful exploit could allow the lower-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary CLI commands with root privileges. The attacker would need valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/24/2020 as cisco-sa-iosxe-iox-app-host-mc as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-3393 since 12/12/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/19/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Router Operating System

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• Cisco

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• IOS XE

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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