CVE-2022-20681 — Vulnetix

CVE-2022-20681 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Switches and Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to level 15 on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user privileges after the user executes certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device as a low-privileged user and then executing certain CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with level 15 privileges on the affected device.

EPSS 0.12% · 29.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

0.12%

29.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software	n/a
cisco	ios_xe	16.11.1a, 16.11.1b, 16.11.1c

Exploit Intelligence

20220413 Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Switches and Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (circl)

Timeline

Apr 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 16, 2022 EPSS Score
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