CVE-2022-20732 is a vulnerability in Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
Published on April 21, 2022
Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-20732 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2022-20732 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-20732
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Affected Versions
Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Version n/a is affected by CVE-2022-20732Exploit Probability
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