Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2023-20210 – Cisco BroadWorks Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-20210

Cisco BroadWorks could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute commands as the root user.

Impact

• Privilege Escalation

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

• CVE-2023-20210

Affected Vendors

Cisco

Affected Products

• Cisco BroadWorks Application Server
• Cisco BroadWorks CommPilot Application Software
• Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform Software
• Cisco BroadWorks Hosted Thin Receptionist

Remediation

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

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