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CVE-2020-3241

Cisco UCS Director Path Traversal Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.98%Up 1.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Cisco UCS Director Path Traversal Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Record
CVE-2020-3241
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-24512 6.5

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Record
EUVD-2020-24512
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9qfx-7mxj-67c9 No score

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated,...

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Record
GHSA-9qfx-7mxj-67c9
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Record
CVE-2020-3241
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
8.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2020-3241 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cisco Ucs Director, published June 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.98%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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