Cisco IOS XE Software Digital Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 3.2.0SG)

CVE-2020-3209
MEDIUM 6.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
cisco
NVD status
Modified

Description

A vulnerability in software image verification in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to install and boot a malicious software image or execute unsigned binaries on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an improper check on the area of code that manages the verification of the digital signatures of system image files during the initial boot process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading unsigned software on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to install and boot a malicious software image or execute unsigned binaries on the targeted device.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hcisco
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software 3.2.0SGaffected n/a

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD