Privilege Escalation in Brocade Fabric OS CLI (<v9.1.0) via switch commands
CVE-2022-33182 Published on October 25, 2022
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS CLI before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.0, 9.0.1e, 8.2.3c, 8.2.0cbn5, could allow a local authenticated user to escalate its privilege to root using switch commands supportlink, firmwaredownload, portcfgupload, license, and fosexec.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-33182 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
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-33182
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Exploit Probability
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