VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-20210

A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device.

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.20%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A 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.

CVSS 3.1: 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-250
Affected: cisco/broadworks application delivery platform firmware · cisco/broadworks application server firmware · cisco/broadworks database server firmware · cisco/broadworks database troubleshooting server firmware · cisco/broadworks execution server firmware · cisco/broadworks media server firmware · cisco/broadworks messaging server firmware · cisco/broadworks network database server firmware · cisco/broadworks network function manager firmware · cisco/broadworks network server firmware · cisco/broadworks profile server firmware · cisco/broadworks service control function server firmware · cisco/broadworks sharing server firmware · cisco/broadworks video server firmware · cisco/broadworks webrtc server firmware · cisco/broadworks xtended services platform firmware
Source: psirt@cisco.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.