OS Command Injection in Cisco Email Security Appliance - CVE-2023-20075

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OS Command Injection in Cisco Email Security Appliance - CVE-2023-20075

Published: February 15, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72310
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2023-20075
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Email Security Appliance
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the CLI. A local user with Operator-level privileges or higher can inject operating system commands into a legitimate command, escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the CLI process user.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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