CVE-2019-1625 Cisco SD-WAN Solution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 7.8 Published Updated

An authenticated local attacker can elevate privileges to root on Cisco SD-WAN devices due to insufficient authorization enforcement in the CLI.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-1625?

CVE-2019-1625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Solution, published on 20 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate lower-level privileges to the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to make configuration changes to the system as the root user.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1625?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Sd-Wan Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1625?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mf76-jwrw-cxr8.

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