CVE-2022-20732 Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can read configuration files to obtain database credentials, allowing them to view, modify data, and elevate privileges on Cisco VIM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-20732?
CVE-2022-20732 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager, published on 21 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the configuration file protections of Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access confidential information and elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access permissions for certain configuration files. An attacker with low-privileged credentials could exploit this vulnerability by accessing an affected device and reading the affected configuration files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain internal database credentials, which the attacker could use to view and modify the contents of the database. The attacker could use this access to the database to elevate privileges on the affected device.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20732?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20732?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20732 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-20732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cx86-w5j3-gfqp.