CWE Code: 77
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Summary: a vulnerability in the cli of the cisco staros operating system for cisco asr 5000 series aggregation services routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected operating system. the vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected operating system. an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected system and injecting malicious arguments into a vulnerable cli command. a successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the affected system. cisco bug ids: cscvg38807.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2018-03-08
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-09