CVE-2023-20039 Cisco Industrial Network Director File Permissions

What is CVE-2023-20039?

CVE-2023-20039 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Industrial Network Director, published on 15 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco IND could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read application data. This vulnerability is due to insufficient default file permissions that are applied to the application data directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing files in the application data directory. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view sensitive information. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. 

Weakness: CWE-552

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20039?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Industrial Network Director.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20039?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-20039 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20039 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Industrial Network Director

• CVE-2023-20036 Cisco Industrial Network Director Command Injection Vulnerability Critical 9.9
• CVE-2023-20038 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Industrial Network Director High 8.8
• CVE-2019-1976 Cisco Industrial Network Director Configuration Data Information Disclosure Vulnerability High 7.5
• CVE-2019-1861 Cisco Industrial Network Director Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 7.2
• CVE-2020-3567 Cisco Industrial Network Director Denial of Service Vulnerability Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qw62-27cx-6cqg.