vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2019-12666: Cisco IOS XE Software Path Traversal Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2019-09-25
Added
2020-02-07
Modified
2024-01-05

Description

A vulnerability in the Guest Shell of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform directory traversal on the base Linux operating system of Cisco IOS XE Software. The vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of certain commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by first accessing the Guest Shell and then entering specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the base Linux operating system.

Solution

cisco-xe-upgrade-latest
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