Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst Application Hosting Environment privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Application Hosting Environment. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-20235. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component Application Hosting Environment. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/04/2023 as cisco-sa-rdocker-uATbukKn. It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-20235 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/25/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
10/04/2023 +342 days 🔍
10/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/25/2023 +21 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-rdocker-uATbukKn
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20235 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20235
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-241311
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2023 19:11
Updated: 10/25/2023 18:20
Changes: 10/04/2023 19:11 (37), 10/25/2023 11:47 (1), 10/25/2023 18:20 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
3 years ago
Good morning,
Could You align to the official NVD Nist cpe "cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe"?
We would appreciate it very much.
Best Regards,
Team CERT
 VulDB Community Team3 years ago
Thank you, we have just aligned the CPE.

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