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CVE-2024-20440

7.5
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
78.37%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in a debug log file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain log files that contain sensitive data, including credentials that can be used to access the API.

Published: 9/4/2024
Modified: 9/19/2024
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

78.37%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 78.37% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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