Description
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privileges to a user with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied content. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to load malicious software onto an affected device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc2-A6jVRu7C
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.5%
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-20
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (13)
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1a
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1b
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1c
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1s
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.2
cisco/ios_xe
16.12.1
cisco/ios_xe
16.12.1a
cisco/ios_xe
16.12.1c
cisco/ios_xe
16.12.1s
... and 3 more
Published
Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026