CVE-2023-20210

Summary

CVECVE-2023-20210
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-12 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Application Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Application Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Application Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Application Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Database Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Database Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Database Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Database Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Database Troubleshooting Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Database Troubleshooting Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Database Troubleshooting Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Database Troubleshooting Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Execution Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Execution Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Execution Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Execution Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Media Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Media Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Media Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Media Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Messaging Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Messaging Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Messaging Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Messaging Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Network Database Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Database Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Database Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Database Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Network Function Manager - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Function Manager Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Function Manager Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Function Manager Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Network Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Network Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Profile Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Profile Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Profile Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Profile Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Service Control Function Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Service Control Function Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Service Control Function Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Service Control Function Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Sharing Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Sharing Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Sharing Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Sharing Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Video Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Video Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Video Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Video Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Webrtc Server - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Webrtc Server Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Webrtc Server Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Webrtc Server Firmware 25.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Broadworks Xtended Services Platform - All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Xtended Services Platform Firmware 23.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Xtended Services Platform Firmware 24.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Broadworks Xtended Services Platform Firmware 25.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco BroadWorks Privilege Escalation Vulnerability MISC sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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