CVE-2025-20119 describes a race condition vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) that allows an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials to overwrite critical system files. This could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.7 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high privileges required, but high impact on integrity and availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2\(1l\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(1l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(1m\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(1m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(2l\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(2l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(2o\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(2o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(3i\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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