CVE-2020-3176
MEDIUMCisco Remote PHY Device Software - Command Injection
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in Cisco Remote PHY Device Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux shell of an affected device with root privileges. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker who has valid administrator access to an affected device could exploit this vulnerability by supplying certain CLI commands with crafted arguments. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands as the root user, which could result in a complete system compromise.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-rphy-cmdinject-DpEjeTgF
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.6%
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-78
CWE-77
Status
published
Products (3)
cisco/remote_phy_120_firmware
< 7.7
cisco/remote_phy_220_firmware
cisco/remote_phy_shelf_7200_firmware
Published
Mar 04, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026