HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0637

Ios vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The SCP server in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4, when Role-Based CLI Access is enabled, does not enforce the CLI view configuration for file transfers, which allows remote authenticated users with an attached CLI view to (1) read or (2) overwrite arbitrary files via an SCP command.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Ios
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2009-03-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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