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.
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Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2022-10-10T20:43:16.392597Z

Updated: 2024-11-01T18:49:04.147Z

Reserved: 2021-11-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-20864

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T02:24:50.242Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-10T21:15:10.207

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:43:42.610

Link: CVE-2022-20864

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