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CVE-2019-12672

CVE-2019-12672 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.199999809265137 MEDIUM

A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with physical access to an affected device to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file location validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing code in a specific format on a USB device and inserting it into an affected Cisco device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute the code with root privileges on the underlying OS of the affected device.

EPSS 0.04% · 11.5th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
6.199999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.04%
11.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software 3.11.1Sunspecified
ciscoios16.9.1

Timeline

  • Sep 25, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
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