CVE-2023-20210

medium

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted command to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid BroadWorks administrative privileges on the affected device.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-privesc-yw4ekrXW

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-12

Updated: 2024-01-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium