QID 317217

Date Published: 2022-08-24

QID 317217: Cisco Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8)

A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Web Appliance, formerly Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection and elevate privileges to root.

Affected Products
Cisco AsyncOS for the Secure Web Appliance, both virtual and hardware appliances.
Version 12.5
Version 14.0
From 14.5 prior to 14.5.0-537

The Qid checks for the Vulnerable version of Cisco WSA and SMA in the response of "version" command.

A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.3 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer to cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8 for more information.

Vendor References

cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8 - tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8

CVEs related to QID 317217

CVE-2022-20871 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8			tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8

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