Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2020-27122
Published: November 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48156
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27122
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect privilege assignment in the Microsoft Active Directory integration. A local user can log in to the system with a specially crafted Active Directory account and obtain root privileges on an affected device.
Affected software
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-27122
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - update to 3.0