Active Debug Code in Redundancy Configuration Manager (RCM) for Cisco StarOS - CVE-2022-20649
Published: January 25, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59975
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20649
CWE-ID: CWE-489
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Redundancy Configuration Manager (RCM) for Cisco StarOS
Redundancy Configuration Manager (RCM) for Cisco StarOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the debug mode is incorrectly enabled for specific services. A remote attacker can connect to the device, navigate to the service with debug mode enabled and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-20649
Install updates from vendor's website.