#VU26983 Path traversal in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data - CVE-2020-3239 

 

#VU26983 Path traversal in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data - CVE-2020-3239

Published: April 16, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26983
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3239
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco UCS Director
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the REST API . A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted zip file and write or execute arbitrary files on the system with full administrative privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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