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CVE-2025-20117
MEDIUM5.1
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score5.1
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionNONE
Published2/26/2025
Last Modified7/31/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-77
References
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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