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CVE-2020-3594: cisco cisco sd-wan solution Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 06-11-2020Last modified 13-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-3594 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cisco cisco sd-wan solution. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted options to a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links