CVE-2020-27130: cisco cisco security manager Path Traversal: '.../...//'

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-27130 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in cisco cisco security manager. EPSS estimates a 65.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 17-11-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 13-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download arbitrary files from the affected device.

• CWE-35Path Traversal: '.../...//'The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.