Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2022-20855

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Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2022-20855

Published: September 29, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67729
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20855
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IOS XE
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper checks throughout the restart of certain system processes within the self-healing functionality. A local administrator can execute arbitrary commands on the underlying OS as root.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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