A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with a privilege level of root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command on the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-3169 is rated Low Risk (34.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.16% | 0.09% | -0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.09% | 0.16% | +0.07% |
| 3 | 2025-03-25 | — | 0.09% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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0.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.7 | 3.0 | MEDIUM |
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0.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisco | firepower_extensible_operating_system | >= 2.2, < 2.2.2.97 | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_extensible_operating_system | >= 2.3, < 2.3.1.144 | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | firepower_extensible_operating_system | >= 2.4, < 2.4.1.234 | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200226-fpwr-cmdinj | Patch Vendor Advisory |