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CVE-2022-20718

Cisco IOx Application Hosting Environment Vulnerabilities

Published: Apr 15, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-22
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 19.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment on multiple Cisco platforms could allow an attacker to inject arbitrary commands into the underlying host operating system, execute arbitrary code on the underlying host operating system, install applications without being authenticated, or conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the affected software. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:LI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22CWE-78

Affected Products

Cisco IOSCisco
On-premFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
ios xecisco
On-premFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
CGR 1000 Compute Module: CGR 1000 IOx Compute PlatformCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
800 Series Industrial Integrated Services RoutersCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
800 Series Integrated Services RoutersCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
and 4 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Collection
Discovery
Execution
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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-yuXQ6hFj
tools.cisco.com
https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-px2c-q384-5wxc
github.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-yuXQ6hFj
tools.cisco.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 15, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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