CVE-2014-7990

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-7990

Assigner
ykramarz@cisco.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2014-11-07T11:55:03

Last Modified Date
2017-09-08T01:29:19

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe::::::::	1	OR	3.5e
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:air-ct5760::::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ws-c3850::::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ws-c3860::::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.1

Impact Score
10

References

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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7990
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7990

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:40:00				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:14:10	psirt@cisco.com	ykramarz@cisco.com	CVE Assigner	updated
2022-12-02 02:14:10	2014-11-07T11:55Z	2014-11-07T11:55:03	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 02:14:10		2017-09-08T01:29:19	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 02:14:10		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated