CVE-2022-20732

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Last Modified on: 05/03/2022 03:29:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-20732 - advisory for cisco-sa-vim-privesc-T2tsFUf

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Virtualized Infrastructure Manager from Cisco contain the following vulnerability:

A vulnerability in the configuration file protections of Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access confidential information and elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access permissions for certain configuration files. An attacker with low-privileged credentials could exploit this vulnerability by accessing an affected device and reading the affected configuration files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain internal database credentials, which the attacker could use to view and modify the contents of the database. The attacker could use this access to the database to elevate privileges on the affected device.

CVE-2022-20732 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
Affected Vendor/Software: Cisco - Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager version n/a

CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
LOCAL	LOW	LOW	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 4.6 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
No Description Provided	tools.cisco.com text/html	CISCO 20220420 Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Cisco	Virtualized Infrastructure Manager	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:virtualized_infrastructure_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

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/r/netcve	CVE-2022-20732	2022-04-21 19:38:14