Cisco IOS XR Software privilege escalation | CVE-2024-20320
NAME
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Cisco IOS XR Software privilege escalation
Platforms Affected:
Cisco IOS XR
Cisco NCS 5700 Series Routers
Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers
Cisco 8000 Series Routers
Cisco IOS XRd Control Plane
Cisco IOS XRd vRouter
Risk Level:
7.8
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
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Cisco IOS XR Software could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of arguments in the SSH client CLI command. By sending a specially crafted SSH client command, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevate privileges to root on the device.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Local
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