CVE-2022-20864CWE-538

Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor Software for Catalyst Switches Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published October 10, 2022

CVSS v3.1
4.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the password-recovery disable feature of Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to recover the configuration or reset the enable password. This vulnerability is due to a problem with the file and boot variable permissions in ROMMON. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by rebooting the switch into ROMMON and entering specific commands through the console. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any file or reset the enable password.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00289 · 20.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-538 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
Published
2022-10-10T20:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 OCT 20:43Z
    Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor Software for Catalyst Switches Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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