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CVE-2024-20265

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass the Cisc

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot functionality and load a software image that has been tampered with on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because unnecessary commands are available during boot time at the physical console. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by interrupting the boot process and executing specific commands to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load an image that has been tampered with. This image would have been previously downloaded onto the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to load the image once. The Cisco Secure Boot functionality is not permanently compromised.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software

    Version range not reported

  • Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software

    8.2.100.0, 8.2.130.0, 8.2.111.0, 8.2.110.0, 8.2.121.0, 8.2.141.0, 8.2.151.0, 8.2.160.0, 8.2.161.0, 8.2.164.0, 8.2.166.0, 8.2.170.0, 8.2.163.0, 8.3.102.0, 8.3.111.0, 8.3.112.0, 8.3.121.0, 8.3.122.0, 8.3.130.0, 8.3.131.0, 8.3.132.0, 8.3.133.0, 8.3.140.0, 8.3.141.0, 8.3.143.0, 8.3.150.0, 8.3.108.0, 8.3.90.53, 8.3.104.46, 8.3.200.200, and 73 more

  • Cisco Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software

    10.0.1.0, 10.0.2.0, 10.1.1.0, 10.1.2.0, 10.2.1.0, 10.2.2.0, 10.3.1.0, 10.3.1.1, 10.3.2.0, 10.4.1.0, 10.4.2.0, 10.6.1.0, 10.6.2.0, 10.7.1.0, 10.8.1.0, 10.5.2.0

  • Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)

    16.10.1e, 16.10.1, 17.1.1t, 17.1.1s, 17.1.1, 16.11.1a, 16.11.1, 16.11.1c, 16.11.1b, 16.12.1s, 16.12.4, 16.12.1, 16.12.2s, 16.12.1t, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.3, 16.12.6, 16.12.8, 16.12.7, 16.12.6a, 17.3.1, 17.3.2a, 17.3.3, 17.3.4, 17.3.5, 17.3.2, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, and 22 more

References 1

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com