CVE-2024-20265 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-20265

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot functionality and load a software image that has been tampered with on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because unnecessary commands are available during boot time at the physical console. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by interrupting the boot process and executing specific commands to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load an image that has been tampered with. This image would have been previously downloaded onto the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to load the image once. The Cisco Secure Boot functionality is not permanently compromised.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco IOS XE Software, Cisco Aironet Access Point Software, Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software, Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)
Vulnerable Versions:
8.2.100.0, 8.2.130.0, 8.2.111.0, 8.2.110.0, 8.2.121.0, 8.2.141.0, 8.2.151.0, 8.2.160.0, 8.2.161.0, 8.2.164.0, 8.2.166.0, 8.2.170.0, 8.2.163.0, 8.3.102.0, 8.3.111.0, 8.3.112.0, 8.3.121.0, 8.3.122.0, 8.3.130.0, 8.3.131.0, 8.3.132.0, 8.3.133.0, 8.3.140.0, 8.3.141.0, 8.3.143.0, 8.3.150.0, 8.3.108.0, 8.3.90.53, 8.3.104.46, 8.3.200.200, 8.3.104.64, 8.3.15.165, 8.3.90.11, 8.3.135.0, 8.3.104.14, 8.3.90.36, 8.3.15.142, 8.3.104.37, 8.3.15.117, 8.3.15.120, 8.3.15.25, 8.3.15.158, 8.3.15.118, 8.3.90.25, 8.3.15.169, 8.3.90.58, 8.4.100.0, 8.4.1.199, 8.4.1.91, 8.4.1.142, 8.4.1.175, 8.4.1.218, 8.4.1.92, 8.5.103.0, 8.5.105.0, 8.5.110.0, 8.5.120.0, 8.5.131.0, 8.5.140.0, 8.5.135.0, 8.5.151.0, 8.5.101.0, 8.5.102.0, 8.5.161.0, 8.5.160.0, 8.5.100.0, 8.5.171.0, 8.5.164.0, 8.5.182.0, 8.5.182.11 ME, 8.7.102.0, 8.7.106.0, 8.7.1.16, 8.8.100.0, 8.8.111.0, 8.8.120.0, 8.8.125.0, 8.8.130.0, 8.6.101.0, 8.6.1.84, 8.6.1.70, 8.6.1.71, 8.9.100.0, 8.9.111.0, 8.10.105.0, 8.10.111.0, 8.10.130.0, 8.10.112.0, 8.10.122.0, 8.10.113.0, 8.10.121.0, 8.10.141.0, 8.10.142.0, 8.10.151.0, 8.10.150.0, 8.10.171.0, 8.10.181.0, 8.10.182.0, 8.10.161.0, 8.10.170.0, 8.10.183.0, 8.10.162.0, 8.10.185.0, 10.0.1.0, 10.0.2.0, 10.1.1.0, 10.1.2.0, 10.2.1.0, 10.2.2.0, 10.3.1.0, 10.3.1.1, 10.3.2.0, 10.4.1.0, 10.4.2.0, 10.6.1.0, 10.6.2.0, 10.7.1.0, 10.8.1.0, 10.5.2.0, 16.10.1e, 16.10.1, 17.1.1t, 17.1.1s, 17.1.1, 16.11.1a, 16.11.1, 16.11.1c, 16.11.1b, 16.12.1s, 16.12.4, 16.12.1, 16.12.2s, 16.12.1t, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.3, 16.12.6, 16.12.8, 16.12.7, 16.12.6a, 17.3.1, 17.3.2a, 17.3.3, 17.3.4, 17.3.5, 17.3.2, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, 17.3.6, 17.2.1, 17.2.1a, 17.2.3, 17.2.2, 17.5.1, 17.4.1, 17.4.2, 17.6.1, 17.6.2, 17.6.3, 17.6.4, 17.6.5, 17.6.6a, 17.6.5a, 17.10.1, 17.9.1, 17.9.2, 17.9.3, 17.7.1, 17.8.1, 17.11.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 27th, 2024
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-501

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.