CVE-2020-3204

Description

A vulnerability in the Tool Command Language (Tcl) interpreter of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileged EXEC credentials to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of data passed to the Tcl interpreter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading malicious Tcl code on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause memory corruption or execute the code with root privileges on the underlying OS of the affected device.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.7
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.063

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Tcl Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability For Cisco IOSNCM
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Tcl Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability For Cisco IOS XE SoftwareNCM
Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3204)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706090Security Update for Cisco IOS Amsterdam-17.2.1r
PATCH-1706107Security Update for Cisco IOS XE Software 5.2(1)SV5(1.3a)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234