CVE-2014-7990 is a vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.5E and earlier on specific WS-C3850, WS-C3860, and AIR-CT5760 devices, allowing local administrative users to gain Linux root access due to improper parsing of the "request system shell" challenge response. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access and authenticated administrative privilege to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:air-ct5760:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ws-c3850:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ws-c3860:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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