Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software - CVE-2022-20777
Published: May 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62812
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20777
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient guest restrictions in the Next Generation Input/Output (NGIO) feature. A remote user can send an API call and compromise the NFVIS host completely.
Affected software
Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software
How to mitigate CVE-2022-20777
Install updates from vendor's website.
Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software - update to 4.7.1