# CVE-2023-20039: Cisco Industrial Network Director File Permissions

> An authenticated local attacker can read sensitive application data due to insufficient default file permissions in Cisco Industrial Network Director.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qw62-27cx-6cqg

## 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 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20039?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20036/): Cisco Industrial Network Director Command Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-20038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20038/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Industrial Network Director (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1976/): Cisco Industrial Network Director Configuration Data Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-1861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1861/): Cisco Industrial Network Director Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-3567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3567/): Cisco Industrial Network Director Denial of Service Vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-20039 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Cisco Industrial Network Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20039/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20039/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20039
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20039
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20039

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20039/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.