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A vulnerability in the USB-modem code of Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device

Published Sep 7, 2017

Description

A vulnerability in the USB-modem code of Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the platform usb modem command in the CLI of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the platform usb modem command in the CLI of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf10783.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

Change history (0)

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner cisco
Published Sep 7, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 9, 2017
Link CVE-2017-6795

CISA Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-6795

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner cisco
Published Sep 7, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Link EUVD-2017-15849

GitHub

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