Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS XE: privilege escalation via File Location Validation
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Cisco ASR, Cisco Catalyst, IOS XE Cisco, Cisco Router.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged access/rights.
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 File Location Validation of Cisco IOS XE, in order to escalate his privileges.
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