CVE-2023-20266

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-20266
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-30 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the application does not properly restrict the files that are being used for upgrades. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted upgrade file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid platform administrator credentials on an affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Emergency Responder 12.5.1su4 All All All
Application Cisco Emergency Responder 12.5.1su8a All All All
Application Cisco Emergency Responder 14su3 All All All
Application Cisco Unified Communications Manager 12.5.1su8 All All All
Application Cisco Unified Communications Manager 12.5.1su8 All All All
Application Cisco Unity Connection 12.5\(1\)su6 All All All
Application Cisco Unity Connection 12.5\(1\)su7 All All All
Application Cisco Unity Connection 12.5\(1\)su8 All All All
Application Cisco Unity Connection 14su2 All All All
Application Cisco Unity Connection 14su3 All All All

References

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Cisco Unified Communications Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability MISC sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
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