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.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
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
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
Affected Vendors & Products
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References
History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2022-10-10T20:43:16.392597Z
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:37:06.142Z
Reserved: 2021-11-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-20864
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-10-10T21:15:10.207
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:43:09.567
Link: CVE-2022-20864
Redhat
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