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CVE-2023-20273

Severity
high · on CISA KEV actively exploited
Source
CISA-KEV · kev
Published
2023-10-23
Reference
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20273
⚡ RCE ⌖ exploited in the wild shame 65/100 rceexploited-in-wild

Cisco IOS XE contains a command injection vulnerability in the web user interface. When chained with CVE-2023-20198, the attacker can leverage the new local user to elevate privilege to root and write the implant to the file system. Cisco identified CVE-2023-20273 as the vulnerab

Players implicated

Cisco Systems Inc. · vendorCisco IOS XE Web UI · product

Description

Cisco IOS XE contains a command injection vulnerability in the web user interface. When chained with CVE-2023-20198, the attacker can leverage the new local user to elevate privilege to root and write the implant to the file system. Cisco identified CVE-2023-20273 as the vulnerability exploited to deploy the implant. CVE-2021-1435, previously associated with the exploitation events, is no longer believed to be related to this activity.

Affected FedRAMP products 8 in the catalog

ProductProviderStatusMatch
Cisco Cloudlock for Government Cisco Systems Inc. Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90
Cisco Meraki for Government Cisco Systems Inc. In Process vendor-exact · 0.90
Cisco SD-WAN for Government Cisco Systems Inc. In Process vendor-exact · 0.90
Cisco Umbrella for Government Cisco Systems Inc. In Process vendor-exact · 0.90
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Cloud for Government (Cisco UCM Cloud for Government) Cisco Systems Inc. Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90
Duo Federal Duo Security (A Cisco Company) Authorized dex-judge · 0.95
WebEx Contact Center Enterprise for Government (WxCCE-G) Cisco Systems Inc. In Process vendor-exact · 0.90
Webex for Government Cisco Systems Inc. Authorized vendor-exact · 0.90