Cisco Emergency Responder Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-cucm-priv-esc-D8Bky5eg)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180548

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The version of Cisco Emergency Responder installed on the remote host is 12.5(1)SU4, 12.5(1)SU8a or 14SU3 and missing a security patch. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the lack of restrictions on files that are used for upgrades. An attacker with administrator privileges can create a specially crafted update file to elevate their privileges to root.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwh30442

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180548

File Name: cisco-sa-cucm-priv-esc-D8Bky5eg_cer.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/6/2023

Updated: 9/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20266

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:emergency_responder

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Emergency Responder (CER)

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20266

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cucm-priv-esc-D8Bky5eg

IAVA: 2023-A-0455

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwh30442

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