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CVE-2022-20791

Cisco Unified Communications Products Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Published: Jul 6, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-36
6.5CVSSMEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the database user privileges of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient file permission restrictions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted command from the API to the application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of the affected device. The attacker would need valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

Timeline

Published
Jul 6, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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