# CVE-2020-3241: Cisco UCS Director Path Traversal Vulnerability

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9qfx-7mxj-67c9

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3241?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2020-3241 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)

- [CVE-2020-3239](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3239/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3240/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3243/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3247/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3248](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3248/): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3241 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3241/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3241/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3241
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3241
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3241

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3241/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.