CVE-2022-20939 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-20939

Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to inadequate protection of sensitive user information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing certain logs on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the obtained information to elevate privileges to System Admin.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem
Vulnerable Versions:
7-202001, 1.1, 6.3.0, 8-202004, 5.1.0 (LD), 8-202006, 1.2, 1.3, 8-202012, 8-202010, 8-202008, 8-202102, 1.4, 8-202105, 8-202108, 8-202112, 8-202201

Timeline

Official Publish: November 15th, 2024
Last Modified: November 15th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-922

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.