CVE-2024-20478CWE-250

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium · published August 28, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.

Note: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00740 · 54.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2024-08-28T16:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 AUG 16:30Z
    Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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