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.
Attack Vector Physical
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
User Interaction None
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
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Cisco |
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Configuration 1 [-]
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References
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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-info-disc-nrORXjO | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2022-09-28T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-10-10T00:00:00
Reserved: 2021-11-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-20864
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-10-10T21:15:10.207
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:43:09.567
Link: CVE-2022-20864
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Redhat Information
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CWE