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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.

Published

2014-11-07T11:55:03.907

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.1

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	cisco	ios_xe	≤ 3.5e	Yes
Hardware	cisco	air-ct5760	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	ws-c3850	*	Yes
Hardware	cisco	ws-c3860	*	Yes

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7990 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36351 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70968 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031179 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98529 ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7990 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36351 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70968 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031179 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98529 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)