CVE detail

CVE-2014-7990 — CVE-2014-7990

Published 2014-11-07 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product ios_xe · Source nvd

UNKNOWN

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0034

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

27.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

Cisco IOS XE 3.5E and earlier on WS-C3850, WS-C3860, and AIR-CT5760 devices does not properly parse the "request system shell" challenge response, which allows local users to obtain Linux root access by leveraging administrative privilege, aka Bug ID CSCur09815.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
n/a n/a	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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