CVE-2020-3459

HIGH

Cisco FXOS Software - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/firepower_extensible_operating_system < 2.4.1.266
Published Oct 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026