PT-2021-7021 · Cisco · Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager

Published 2021-11-02 · Updated 2022-05-03 · CVE-2022-20732

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the configuration file protections of Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM). This could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access confidential information and elevate privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper access permissions for certain configuration files. An attacker with low-privileged credentials could exploit this by accessing an affected device and reading the affected configuration files, potentially obtaining internal database credentials. This access could be used to view and modify the database contents and elevate privileges on the device.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02983

CVE-2022-20732

Affected Products

Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20732 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20732 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vim-privesc-T2tsFUf · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02983 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022042125 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.198359 · Note