CVE-2020-3593

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to a utility that is running on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.

Una vulnerabilidad en Cisco SD-WAN Software podría permitir a un atacante local autenticado elevar privilegios a root en el sistema operativo subyacente. La vulnerabilidad es debido a una comprobación insuficiente de la entrada. Un atacante podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad mediante el envío de una petición diseñada hacia una utilidad que está ejecutándose en un sistema afectado. Una explotación con éxito podría permitir al atacante alcanzar privilegios root

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-12 CVE Reserved
2020-11-06 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-11-13 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vepescm-BjgQm4vJ	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Sd-wan Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan"				< 20.1.2 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan" and version " < 20.1.2"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Sd-wan Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan"				>= 20.3 < 20.3.1 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan" and version " >= 20.3 < 20.3.1"		-		Affected