CVE-2025-20119
Feb. 26, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
6.0
Medium
Description
A vulnerability in the system file permission handling of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite critical system files, which could cause a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
This vulnerability is due to a race condition with handling system files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by doing specific operations on the file system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite system files, which could lead to the device being in an inconsistent state and cause a DoS condition.
Product(s) Impacted
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco APIC |
|
Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: LOCAL
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: HIGH
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: HIGH
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Timeline
Published: Feb. 26, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 26, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 26, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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More infoSource
psirt@cisco.com
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