Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software security bypass | CVE-2022-20777
NAME
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software security bypass
- Platforms Affected:
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) - Risk Level:
9.9 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Bypass Security
DESCRIPTION
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper guest restrictions in the Next Generation Input/Output (NGIO) feature. By sending a specially-crafted API call from a VM that will execute with root-level privileges on the NFVIS host, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise the NFVIS host completely.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Changed
- 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-2022-20777
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