PT-2022-2299 · Cisco · Cisco Iox+1

Cyrille Chatras · CVE-2022-20721 · Published 2022-04-13 · Updated 2024-02-07

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOx (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue exists due to incorrect restriction of the directory path name with limited access. An attacker could inject arbitrary commands into the underlying host operating system, execute arbitrary code on the host, install applications without authentication, or conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the affected software.

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

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02483

CVE-2022-20721

GHSA-P3W5-W45C-C34X

Affected Products

Cisco Iox

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 7

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-yuXQ6hFj · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20721 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02483 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-yuXQ6hFj · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p3w5-w45c-c34x · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70478 · Telegram Post