VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12670

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker within the IOx Guest Shell to modify the namespace container protections on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying files that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remove container protections and perform file actions outside the namespace of the container.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-284
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-276

Primary references