7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2020-3213

Published: 03/06/2020 Updated: 19/10/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 0.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local malicious user to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to the ROMMON allowing for special parameters to be passed to the device at initial boot up. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending parameters to the device at initial boot up. An exploit could allow the malicious user to elevate from a Priv15 user to the root user and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user.

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Vendor Advisories

A vulnerability in the ROMMON of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of the root user of the underlying operating system The vulnerability is due to the ROMMON allowing for special parameters to be passed to the device at initial boot up An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by ...