RCE in Cisco Ata 191
CVE-2024-20461
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an authenticated, local attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This vulnerability exists because CLI input is not properly sanitized. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious characters to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write to the underlying operating system as the root user.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Ata 191
- Cisco Ata 191 Firmware
- Cisco Ata 192
- Cisco Ata 192 Firmware
- Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor (Ata) Software — versions 12.0.1 SR2, 11.1.0, 12.0.1 SR1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-20461?
- CVE-2024-20461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ata 191, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-10-16.
- How severe is CVE-2024-20461?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-20461 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.