CVE-2014-7990 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2014-11-07

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:air-ct5760::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ws-c3850::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ws-c3860::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-7839	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Air-ct5760 Ios Xe Ws-c3850 Ws-c3860

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2014-11-07T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:03:27.844Z

Reserved: 2014-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7990

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-11-07T11:55:03.907

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-7990

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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