CVE-2022-20789

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20789
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-21 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the software upgrade process of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper restrictions applied to a system script. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted variables during the execution of a system upgrade. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-610

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Unified Communications Manager 12.5\(1\) All All All
Application Cisco Unified Communications Manager 12.5\(1\) All All All
Application Cisco Unified Communications Manager 14.0 All All All
Application Cisco Unified Communications Manager 14.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220420 Cisco Unified Communications Products Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317283 Cisco Unified Communications Products Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability (cisco-sa-cucm-arb-write-74QzruUU)
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