CVE-2014-7990
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Published: November 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorIOS XeWs C3850Ws C3860
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Cisco IOS XE 3.5E and earlier on WS-C3850, WS-C3860, and AIR-CT5760 devices does not properly parse the "request system shell" challenge response, which allows local users to obtain Linux root access by leveraging administrative privilege, aka Bug ID CSCur09815.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Source: [email protected]
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7990x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36351VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98529Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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