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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2022-20871 – Cisco Secure Web Appliance Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2022-20871

Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insufficient validation of user-supplied input for the web interface. By authenticating to the system and sending a crafted HTTP packet to the affected device, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

Impact

  • Privilege Escalation

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2022-20871

Affected Vendors

Cisco

Affected Products

Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance

Remediation

Refer to Cisco Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

Cisco Security Advisory

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