Vulnerability · Published Apr 21, 2022 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2022-20732Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity improper access control in Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager | n/a |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- 20220420 Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO