First published: Fri Nov 06 2020(Updated: )
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 providing crafted options to a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco SD-WAN | <20.1.2 | |
Cisco SD-WAN | >=20.3<20.3.2 |
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vepestd-8C3J9Vc
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The vulnerability ID for this Cisco SD-WAN Software vulnerability is CVE-2020-3594.
The severity of CVE-2020-3594 is high with a severity value of 7.8.
This vulnerability allows an authenticated local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system by providing crafted options.
Versions up to and exclusive of 20.1.2, and versions between inclusive and exclusive of 20.3 and 20.3.2 of Cisco SD-WAN Software are affected.
To fix CVE-2020-3594, users should apply the necessary software updates provided by Cisco.