Privilege Escalation in Cisco SD-WAN Software CLI
CVE-2022-20775 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software. According to Cisco, the flaw is caused by improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An authenticated local attacker can exploit the issue by executing a maliciously crafted command in the CLI, which can result in arbitrary command execution as the root user. Supporting context also associates the vulnerability with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN deployments and notes that it has been used operationally after attackers obtained initial privileged access, including via software downgrade to a vulnerable release.
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Exploits
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Recent activity
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A Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability that was flagged as actively exploited this year.
A path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN that the content says was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
An older Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability highlighted alongside newer flaws in a Five Eyes warning because exploitation could lead to root takeover.
A Cisco SD-WAN CLI path traversal privilege escalation vulnerability used post-compromise to escalate privileges to root after initial access to SD-WAN infrastructure.
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