Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker with a low-privileged account could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted commands at the prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands.

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

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Cisco IOS XR Software

Vulnerable Versions:

6.5.3, 6.5.29, 6.5.1, 6.6.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.92, 6.5.15, 6.6.2, 7.0.1, 6.6.25, 6.5.26, 6.6.11, 6.5.25, 6.5.28, 6.5.93, 6.6.12, 6.5.90, 7.0.0, 7.1.1, 7.0.90, 6.6.3, 7.0.2, 7.1.15, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.1.2, 7.0.11, 7.0.12, 6.7.2, 7.0.14, 7.1.25, 6.6.4, 7.2.12, 7.3.1, 7.1.3, 7.4.1, 7.2.2, 6.7.4, 6.5.31, 7.3.15, 7.3.16, 7.4.15, 6.5.32, 7.3.2, 7.5.1, 7.4.16, 7.3.27, 7.6.1, 7.5.2, 7.8.1, 7.6.15, 7.5.12, 7.8.12, 7.3.3, 7.7.1, 7.3.4, 7.4.2, 7.6.2, 7.5.3, 7.7.2, 7.9.1, 7.10.1, 7.8.2, 7.5.4, 6.5.33, 7.8.22, 7.7.21, 7.9.2, 7.3.5, 7.5.5, 7.11.1, 7.9.21, 7.10.2, 24.1.1, 7.6.3, 7.3.6, 7.5.52, 7.11.2, 24.2.1, 24.1.2, 24.2.11, 24.3.1, 24.2.2, 7.8.23, 7.11.21, 24.2.20, 24.3.2, 24.4.10, 6.5.35, 24.3.20