CVE-2020-3166

MEDIUM

Cisco FXOS Software - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read or write arbitrary files 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 a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write to arbitrary files on the underlying OS.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.0%
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 partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.8 - 9.9.2.66
cisco/firepower_extensible_operating_system < 2.2.2.97
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.2.2 - 6.2.3.16
Published Feb 26, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026