Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Brocade Fabric OS - CVE-2022-33182
Published: September 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67458
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-2022-33182
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 application does not properly impose security restrictions in the "supportlink", "firmwaredownload", "portcfgupload", "license", and "fosexec" switch commands, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Brocade Fabric OS
How to mitigate CVE-2022-33182
Install updates from vendor's website.
Brocade Fabric OS - addressed in versions 7.4.2j, 8.2.0_cbn5, 8.2.3c, 9.0.1e, 9.1.1