CVE-2019-12666CWE-22

Cisco IOS XE Software Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium · published September 25, 2019

CVSS v3.0
6.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the Guest Shell of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform directory traversal on the base Linux operating system of Cisco IOS XE Software. The vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of certain commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by first accessing the Guest Shell and then entering specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the base Linux operating system.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01138 · 66.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2019-09-25T20:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 20:16Z
    Cisco IOS XE Software Path Traversal Vulnerability
    cvelistv5