High severity · published Feb 26, 2020
CVE-2020-3167
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying…
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS). The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted arguments to specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying OS with the privileges of the currently logged-in user for all affected platforms excluding Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects. On Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects, the injected commands are executed with root privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
9.8 before 9.9.2.66; 9.10 before 9.12.3.6; 9.13 before 9.13.1.5 · source: NVD
FE
Firepower Extensible Operating System · Cisco
before 2.4.1.234 · source: NVD
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
6.2.2 before 6.2.3.13; 6.3.0 before 6.4.0.8; 6.5.0 before 6.5.0.2 · source: NVD
UM
Ucs Manager · Cisco
before 3.2\(3n\); 4.0 before 4.0\(4g\) · source: NVD
Affected product
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3167
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3167
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200226-fxos-ucs-cmdinj
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