Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software command execution | CVE-2022-20779
NAME
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software command execution
- Platforms Affected:
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) - Risk Level:
8.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Access
DESCRIPTION
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper input validation in the image registration process. By persuading a victim to install a VM image with specially-crafted metadata, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges into the NFVIS host.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: Required
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-NFVIS-MUL-7DySRX9 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-NFVIS-MUL-7DySRX9 - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-20779
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