Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS XE: privilege escalation via ASIC Register Write
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Cisco ASR, Cisco Catalyst, IOS XE Cisco, Cisco Router.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, data creation/edition.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 26/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via ASIC Register Write of Cisco IOS XE, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-IOS-XE-privilege-escalation-via-ASIC-Register-Write-30417