vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2018-0196: Cisco IOS XE Software Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 28, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2019
Modified
Jan 5, 2024

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to the operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of HTTP requests that are sent to the web UI of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the web UI of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files to the operating system of an affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb22645.

Solution

cisco-xe-upgrade-latest
Title
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