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A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco...

High severity Unreviewed Published Aug 30, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 25, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

This vulnerability exists because the application does not properly restrict the files that are being used for upgrades. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted upgrade file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid platform administrator credentials on an affected device.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 30, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 30, 2023
Last updated Jan 25, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.120%
(47th percentile)

CVE ID

CVE-2023-20266

GHSA ID

GHSA-4hj2-qwwr-pxg3

Source code

No known source code

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