Root privilege escalation via crafted CLI commands
Published Sep 11, 2024 · Updated Sep 12, 2024
Command injection in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11 and earlier and 24.1 allows local users to elevate privileges to root. Specific CLI commands pass crafted user arguments to the underlying operating system without sufficient validation; Cisco has not named the commands. A low-privileged account and access to an affected device prompt are required, after which the attacker gains root-level file-system read and write access.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11 and earlier and 24.1 allows local users to elevate privileges to root. Specific CLI commands pass crafted user arguments to the underlying operating system without sufficient validation; Cisco has not named the commands. A low-privileged account and access to an affected device prompt are required, after which the attacker gains root-level file-system read and write access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-20398
- Published
- Sep 11, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 12, 2024
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco IOS XR Software
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 12, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=24.1.1
- Affected versionversion=6.5.1
- Affected versionversion=6.5.15
- Affected versionversion=6.5.2
- Affected versionversion=6.5.25
- Affected versionversion=6.5.26
- Affected versionversion=6.5.28
- Affected versionversion=6.5.29
- Affected versionversion=6.5.3
- Affected versionversion=6.5.31
- Affected versionversion=6.5.32
- Affected versionversion=6.5.33
- Affected versionversion=6.5.3 <=7.11.2
- Affected versionversion=6.5.90
- Affected versionversion=6.5.92
- Affected versionversion=6.5.93
- Affected versionversion=6.6.1
- Affected versionversion=6.6.11
- Affected versionversion=6.6.12
- Affected versionversion=6.6.2
- Affected versionversion=6.6.25
- Affected versionversion=6.6.3
- Affected versionversion=6.6.4
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0
- Affected versionversion=7.0.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.11
- Affected versionversion=7.0.12
- Affected versionversion=7.0.14
- Affected versionversion=7.0.2
- Affected versionversion=7.0.90
- Affected versionversion=7.10.1
- Affected versionversion=7.10.2
- Affected versionversion=7.1.1
- Affected versionversion=7.11.1
- Affected versionversion=7.11.2
- Affected versionversion=7.1.15
- Affected versionversion=7.1.2
- Affected versionversion=7.1.25
- Affected versionversion=7.1.3
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0
- Affected versionversion=7.2.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.12
- Affected versionversion=7.2.2
- Affected versionversion=7.3.1
- Affected versionversion=7.3.15
- Affected versionversion=7.3.16
- Affected versionversion=7.3.2
- Affected versionversion=7.3.27
- Affected versionversion=7.3.3
- Affected versionversion=7.3.4
- Affected versionversion=7.3.5
- Affected versionversion=7.3.6
- Affected versionversion=7.4.1
- Affected versionversion=7.4.15
- Affected versionversion=7.4.16
- Affected versionversion=7.4.2
- Affected versionversion=7.5.1
- Affected versionversion=7.5.12
- Affected versionversion=7.5.2
- Affected versionversion=7.5.3
- Affected versionversion=7.5.4
- Affected versionversion=7.5.5
- Affected versionversion=7.5.52
- Affected versionversion=7.6.1
- Affected versionversion=7.6.15
- Affected versionversion=7.6.2
- Affected versionversion=7.6.3
- Affected versionversion=7.7.1
- Affected versionversion=7.7.2
- Affected versionversion=7.7.21
- Affected versionversion=7.8.1
- Affected versionversion=7.8.12
- Affected versionversion=7.8.2
- Affected versionversion=7.8.22
- Affected versionversion=7.9.1
- Affected versionversion=7.9.2
- Affected versionversion=7.9.21
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