RCE in Cisco Asr_5000_series_software

CVE-2015-4244

The boot implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 and 5500 devices with software 14.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary Linux commands by leveraging administrative privileges for storage of these commands in a Compact Flash (CF) file, aka Bu…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Cisco Asr_5000_series_software — versions 14.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)