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CVE-2020-3215

Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS Score

Published: June 3, 2020 at 05:41 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xe

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Severity

MEDIUM6.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Virtual Services Container of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root-level privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a user-supplied open virtual appliance (OVA). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a malicious OVA on an affected device.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

IOS Xe · Cisco

95%

16.1.1 16.1.2 16.1.3 16.10.1 16.10.1a 16.10.1b 16.10.1c 16.10.1d 16.10.1e 16.10.1f 16.10.1g 16.10.1s 16.10.2 16.11.1 16.11.1a 16.11.1b 16.11.1c 16.11.1s 16.12.1y 16.2.1 16.2.2 16.3.1 16.3.1a 16.3.2 16.3.3 16.3.4 16.3.5 16.3.5b 16.3.6 16.3.7 16.3.8 16.3.9 16.4.1 16.4.2 16.4.3 16.5.1 16.5.1a 16.5.1b 16.5.2 16.5.3 16.6.1 16.6.2 16.6.3 16.6.4 16.6.4a 16.6.4s 16.6.5 16.6.5a 16.6.5b 16.6.6 16.7.1 16.7.1a 16.7.1b 16.7.2 16.7.3 16.7.4 16.8.1 16.8.1a 16.8.1b 16.8.1c 16.8.1d 16.8.1e 16.8.1s 16.8.2 16.8.3 16.9.1 16.9.1a 16.9.1b 16.9.1c 16.9.1d 16.9.1s 16.9.2 16.9.2a 16.9.2s 16.9.3 16.9.3a 16.9.3h 16.9.3s 3.10.0ce 3.10.0e 3.10.0s 3.10.10s 3.10.1ae 3.10.1e 3.10.1s 3.10.1se 3.10.2as 3.10.2e 3.10.2s 3.10.2ts 3.10.3e 3.10.3s 3.10.4s 3.10.5s 3.10.6s 3.10.7s 3.10.8as 3.10.8s 3.10.9s 3.11.0e 3.11.0s 3.11.1s 3.11.2s 3.11.3e 3.11.3s 3.11.4s 3.12.0as 3.12.0s 3.12.1s 3.12.2s 3.12.3s 3.12.4s 3.13.0as 3.13.0s 3.13.10s 3.13.1s 3.13.2as 3.13.2s 3.13.3s 3.13.4s 3.13.5as 3.13.5s 3.13.6as 3.13.6bs 3.13.6s 3.13.7as 3.13.7s 3.13.8s 3.13.9s 3.14.0s 3.14.1s 3.14.2s 3.14.3s 3.14.4s 3.15.0s 3.15.1cs 3.15.1s 3.15.2s 3.15.3s 3.15.4s 3.16.0as 3.16.0bs 3.16.0cs 3.16.0s 3.16.1as 3.16.1s 3.16.2as 3.16.2bs 3.16.2s 3.16.3as 3.16.3s 3.16.4as 3.16.4bs 3.16.4cs 3.16.4ds 3.16.4es 3.16.4gs 3.16.4s 3.16.5as 3.16.5bs 3.16.5s 3.16.6bs 3.16.6s 3.16.7as 3.16.7bs 3.16.7s 3.16.8s 3.16.9s 3.17.0s 3.17.1as 3.17.1s 3.17.2s 3.17.3s 3.17.4s 3.18.0as 3.18.0s 3.18.0sp 3.18.1asp 3.18.1bsp 3.18.1csp 3.18.1gsp 3.18.1hsp 3.18.1isp 3.18.1s 3.18.1sp 3.18.2asp 3.18.2s 3.18.2sp 3.18.3asp 3.18.3bsp 3.18.3s 3.18.3sp 3.18.4s 3.18.4sp 3.18.5sp 3.18.6sp 3.7.0e 3.7.1e 3.7.2e 3.7.3e 3.7.4e 3.7.5e 3.8.0e 3.8.0s 3.8.1e 3.8.1s 3.8.2e 3.8.2s 3.8.3e 3.8.4e 3.8.5ae 3.8.5e 3.8.6e 3.8.7e 3.8.8e 3.9.0as 3.9.0e 3.9.0s 3.9.1as 3.9.1e 3.9.1s 3.9.2be3.9.2e3.9.2s

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc1-OKMKFRhV

References (1)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

Source: [email protected]

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-priv-esc1-OKMKFRhV

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264CWE-20

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