Cisco SD-WAN Manager Software Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the affected system.

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-sdwanarbfile-2zKhKZwJ

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Affected Software

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

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, 20.3.1, 20.1.2, 19.2.929, 19.2.31, 20.3.2, 19.2.32, 20.3.2_925, 20.3.2.1, 20.3.2.1_927, 18.4.6, 20.1.2_937, 20.3.2_928, 20.3.2_929, 20.3.2.1_930, 19.2.4, 20.3.3, 19.2.4.0.1, 20.3.2_937, 20.3.3.1, 20.1.3, 20.3.3.1.2, 20.3.3.1.1, 20.3.3.1.7, 20.3.3.1.5, 20.3.3.1.10, 20.3.3.0.8, 20.3.4, 20.3.3.0.14, 19.2.4.0.8, 19.2.4.0.9, 20.3.4.0.1, 20.3.2.0.5, 20.3.3.0.17, 20.3.2.0.6, 20.3.3.0.16, 20.3.4.0.5, 20.3.4.0.6, 20.3.4.0.11, 20.3.3.0.18, 20.3.4.0.19, 20.3.4.0.20, 20.3.4.0.24, 20.10.1, 20.10.1_LI_Images, 20.11.1, 20.11.1_LI_Images, 20.3.3.2, 20.10.1.1, 20.3.4.0.25, 20.11.1.1, 20.3.4.0.26, 20.1.3.1, 20.11.1.2, 20.10.1.2, 20.12.1, 20.12.1_LI_Images, 20.12.2, 20.12.2_LI_Images, 20.13.1_LI_Images, 20.13.1, 20.12.3_LI_Images, 20.12.3, 20.14.1, 20.14.1_LI_Images, 20.12.3.1, 20.12.4, 20.15.1_LI_Images, 20.15.1, 20.12.4.0.03, 20.12.4_LI_Images, 20.12.4.0.4, 20.12.401, 20.12.4.1_LI_Images, 20.12.4.1