Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

8.4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files on an affected device, which could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for specific commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted arguments to those specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device, which could result in a DoS condition.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vsoln-arbfile-gtsEYxns

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Affected Software

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco SD-WAN vContainer, Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud, Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router

Vulnerable Versions:

20.1.12, 19.2.1, 18.4.4, 18.4.5, 20.1.1.1, 20.1.1, 19.3.0, 19.2.2, 19.2.099, 18.3.6, 18.3.7, 19.2.0, 18.3.8, 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 18.4.302, 18.4.303, 19.2.097, 19.2.098, 17.2.10, 18.3.6.1, 19.0.1a, 18.2.0, 18.4.3, 18.4.1, 17.2.8, 18.3.3.1, 18.4.0, 18.3.1, 17.2.6, 17.2.9, 18.3.4, 17.2.5, 18.3.1.1, 18.3.5, 18.4.0.1, 18.3.3, 17.2.7, 17.2.4, 18.3.0, 19.2.3, 18.4.501_ES, 19.1.01, 20.1.11