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CVE-2022-20864

CVE-2022-20864 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM

A vulnerability in the password-recovery disable feature of Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to recover the configuration or reset the enable password. This vulnerability is due to a problem with the file and boot variable permissions in ROMMON. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by rebooting the switch into ROMMON and entering specific commands through the console. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any file or reset the enable password.

EPSS 0.09% · 24.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
4.599999904632568
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.09%
24.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
ciscoios_xe_rom_monitor
CiscoCisco IOS XE Softwaren/a

Timeline

  • Oct 10, 2022 CVE Published
  • Oct 11, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 24, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Feb 20, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jul 2, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Aug 15, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Sep 28, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Nov 11, 2023 EPSS Score
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