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CVE-2020-3152: Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-275

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper user permissions that are configured by default on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have valid administrative credentials.

Affected products

• Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2

References

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cmx-prvesc-6g37hjAL
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cmx-prvesc-6g37hjAL

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