Cisco IOS XE Software Local Command Injection Vulnerability

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Advisory ID: BGD-2019-0013

Version: 1.00

Probability: medium

CVE ID: CVE-2019-1745

Damage: medium

Publication date: 2019-04-16

Description: A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected commands. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the affected device.

Product(s) affected:

• Vulnerable:
• Cisco IOS XE Software 0
• Cisco Ios 16.9.1
• Cisco Ios 16.8.2
• Cisco Ios 16.7.1

Platform(s) affected:

• cisco IOS XE
• cisco IOS XE 16.1
• cisco IOS XE 2.1
• cisco IOS XE 2.2
• cisco IOS XE 2.3
• cisco IOS XE 2.4
• cisco IOS XE 2.5
• cisco IOS XE 2.6
• cisco IOS XE 3.1SG
• cisco IOS XE 3.2SG
• cisco IOS XE 3.3SQ
• cisco IOS XE 3.4SQ
• cisco IOS XE 3.5SQ
• cisco IOS XE 3.8ex
• cisco IOS XE 99.9Z
• cisco Ios Xe 3.2xo

Mitigation: Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Reference URL’s:

• https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-1745

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