CVE-2014-7990

Cisco IOS XE 3.5E and earlier on WS-C3850, WS-C3860, and AIR-CT5760 devices does not properly parse the "request system shell" challenge response, which allows local users to obtain Linux root access by leveraging administrative privilege, aka Bug ID CSCur09815.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - psirt@cisco.com

Published

2014-11-07

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Air-ct5760 (Cisco)
• Ios Xe (Cisco)
• Ws-c3850 (Cisco)
• Ws-c3860 (Cisco)

References

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7990
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36351
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70968
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031179
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98529