Cisco BroadWorks privilege escalation | CVE-2023-20210

NAME
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Cisco BroadWorks privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
Cisco BroadWorks Application Server
Cisco BroadWorks CommPilot Application Software
Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform Software
Cisco BroadWorks Hosted Thin Receptionist
Cisco BroadWorks Xtended Services Platform
Cisco BroadWorks Network Server

Risk Level:
6

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Cisco BroadWorks could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute commands as the root user.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
High

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local



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