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Cisco Application-Hosting Framework Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in the Cisco application-hosting framework (CAF) component of the Cisco IOx application environment could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write or modify arbitrary files in the virtual instance running on the affected device.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied application packages. An attacker who can upload a malicious package within Cisco IOx could exploit the vulnerability to modify arbitrary files.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.2.4.2