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CVE-2020-3454

Description

A vulnerability in the Call Home feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that could be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of specific Call Home configuration parameters when the software is configured for transport method HTTP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying parameters within the Call Home configuration on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying OS.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.2
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.756

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco NX-OS Software Call Home Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco NX-OS SoftwareNCM
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3454)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706149Security Update for Cisco NX-OS Software 4.1(3a)UCSM

References

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