CVE-2020-3593
HIGHCisco SD-WAN < 20.1.2 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Crafted Utility Request
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to a utility that is running on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vepescm-BjgQm4vJ
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
11.0%
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-269
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/sd-wan
< 20.1.2
Published
Nov 06, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026