CVE-2019-12670
MEDIUMCisco IOS XE - Authenticated Namespace Container Protection Bypass via Insufficient File Permissions
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace container protections on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying files that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remove container protections and perform file actions outside the namespace of the container.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190925-iox-gs
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-276
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/ios
16.10.1
Published
Sep 25, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026