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CVE-2020-27130

Critical

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Published Nov 17, 2020 · Updated Nov 21, 2024

Key Facts

Patch immediately
  • CVE-2020-27130 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.1 v3.1) affecting Security Manager (Cisco).
  • It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. No public exploit code is known.
  • EPSS estimates a 66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • Fixed versions are available, including Security Manager <=4.21, Security Manager 4.21.
  • Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

66%

Higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

No known

Not in a known-exploited catalog

Public exploit code

None known

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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.

Affected Products

2 affected entries in total
ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Security ManagerCisco>= n/a4.21

Patched Releases

Security Manager

<=4.21

Timeline

  1. Publicly disclosed

    Nov 17, 2020

  2. Last updated

    Nov 21, 2024

Weakness Type

  • CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//'

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