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Cisco IOS XE Software Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Published Sep 24, 2020

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI implementation of a specific command of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the underlying host file system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the parameters of a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing that command with specific parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite the content of any arbitrary file that resides on the underlying host file system.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (1)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner cisco
Published Sep 24, 2020
Updated Nov 13, 2024
Reserved Dec 12, 2019
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Nov 13, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a