CVE-2022-20762 HIGH

CVE-2022-20762: Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure
Weakness CWE-284
Published April 6, 2022
Last update November 6, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Common Execution Environment (CEE) ConfD CLI of Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure (SMI) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control in the affected CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a CEE ConfD CLI user and executing a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access privileged containers with root privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 6, 2022 CVE published
November 6, 2024 Record updated