CVE-2019-12672

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-12672
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-09-25T21:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:46:02
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:16.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • PHYSICAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:03:16 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 03:12:08 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-04 03:12:08 2019-09-25T21:15Z 2019-09-25T21:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 03:12:08 2019-10-09T23:46:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 03:12:08 Modified Vulnerability Status updated