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Cisco XE: CVE-2019-1756: Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2019-1756: Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/28/2019
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
01/05/2024

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux shell of an affected device with root privileges. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software improperly sanitizes user-supplied input. An attacker who has valid administrator access to an affected device could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a username with a malicious payload in the web UI and subsequently making a request to a specific endpoint in the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands as the root user, allowing complete compromise of the system.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

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