CVE-2020-3241 Cisco UCS Director Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published 18 Jun 2020 Updated 15 Nov 2024

An authenticated attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on Cisco UCS Director via path traversal in orchestration tasks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-3241?

CVE-2020-3241 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software), published on 18 Jun 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3241?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ucs Director.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3241?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2020-3241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9qfx-7mxj-67c9.