CVE-2020-3236

MEDIUM

Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software < 4.1.1 - Path Traversal & Arbitrary File Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root shell access to the underlying operating system and overwrite or read arbitrary files. The attacker would need valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of CLI command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using path traversal techniques when executing a vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root shell access to the underlying operating system and overwrite or read arbitrary files on an affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
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-22
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/enterprise_network_function_virtualization_infrastructure < 4.1.1
Published Jun 18, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026