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Cisco IOS Software iox Command Injection Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the iox command in Cisco IOS Software that could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection into the IOx Linux guest operating system (GOS).
Insight
Insight
This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of iox command line arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted options to the iox command.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 15.6(3.0q)M or later.