PT-2023-3997 · Cisco · Cisco Broadworks

Roberto Petrillo · Published 2023-07-05 · Updated 2024-01-25 · CVE-2023-20210

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue exists due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI, allowing an attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this by issuing a crafted command to the affected system, potentially executing commands as the root user. The attacker must have valid BroadWorks administrative privileges on the affected device to exploit this issue.

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

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-250

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-04295

CVE-2023-20210

Affected Products

Cisco Broadworks

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20210 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-privesc-yw4ekrXW · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-04295 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20210 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023070707 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/66562 · Telegram Post