What is CVE-2020-3176?

CVE-2020-3176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Remote Phy, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-3176?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Remote Phy

CVE-2020-3176

A vulnerability in Cisco Remote PHY Device Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux shell of an affected device with root privileges. The vulnerability exists because the affected so…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Remote Phy — versions unspecified
Cisco Remote_phy_120
Cisco Remote_phy_120_firmware
Cisco Remote_phy_220
Cisco Remote_phy_220_firmware
Cisco Remote_phy_shelf_7200
Cisco Remote_phy_shelf_7200_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection
CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3176?: CVE-2020-3176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Remote Phy, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-3176?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.