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CVE-2022-20732

Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability in the configuration file protections of Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access confidential information and elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access permissions for certain configuration files. An attacker with low-privileged credentials could exploit this vulnerability by accessing an affected device and reading the affected configuration files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain internal database credentials, which the attacker could use to view and modify the contents of the database. The attacker could use this access to the database to elevate privileges on the affected device.

Una vulnerabilidad en las protecciones de los archivos de configuración de Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) podría permitir a un atacante local autenticado acceder a información confidencial y elevar privilegios en un dispositivo afectado. Esta vulnerabilidad es debido a permisos de acceso inapropiados para determinados archivos de configuración. Un atacante con credenciales poco privilegiadas podría aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad al acceder a un dispositivo afectado y leyendo los archivos de configuración afectados. Una explotación con éxito podría permitir al atacante obtener credenciales internas de la base de datos, que el atacante podría usar para visualizar y modificar el contenido de la base de datos. El atacante podría usar este acceso a la base de datos para elevar privilegios en el dispositivo afectado

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-11-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-04-21 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-17 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions
  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Cisco
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 Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
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 < 4.2.2
Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Virtualized Infrastructure Manager" and version " < 4.2.2"
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Affected