CVE-2023-20198
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Cisco is providing an update for the ongoing investigation into observed exploitation of the web UI feature in Cisco IOS XE Software
rank 77 = 40 + 25 + 0 + 6 + 6
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Someone is already using it
CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS
EPSS 0.99571 · CISA KEV listed · without this subject the record ranks 37
What it costs you if it fires
NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own
CVSS 10.0, from NVD · without this subject the record ranks 52
It is getting worse, not staying still
FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed
no persisting rise in 365 days · without this subject the record ranks 77
How much of the world it touches
NVD CPE configurations
6 products in the CPE ranges · without this subject the record ranks 71
Someone else already set the date
CISA KEV remediation due date
CISA remediation date held · without this subject the record ranks 71
$4.97M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.99571 likelihood
udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run
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Hindsight · the state
Foresight · where to check next
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Verify that instances of Cisco IOS XE Web UI are in compliance with BOD 23-02 and apply mitigations per vendor instructions. For affected products (Cisco IOS XE Web UI exposed to the internet or to untrusted networks), follow vendor instructions to determine if a system may have been compromised and immediately report positive findings to CISA.
Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score
Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2023-10-16.
Affected & Fixed Versions as published
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Attack path
What it is stated by the CNA
Cisco is providing an update for the ongoing investigation into observed exploitation of the web UI feature in Cisco IOS XE Software. We are updating the list of fixed releases and adding the Software Checker. Our investigation has determined that the actors exploited two previously unknown issues. The attacker first exploited CVE-2023-20198 to gain initial access and issued a privilege 15 command to create a local user and password combination. This allowed the user to log in with normal user access. The attacker then exploited another component of the web UI feature, leveraging the new local user to elevate privilege to root and write the implant to the file system. receipt
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Cisco has assigned CVE-2023-20273 to this issue. CVE-2023-20198 has been assigned a CVSS Score of 10.0. CVE-2023-20273 has been assigned a CVSS Score of 7.2. Both of these CVEs are being tracked by CSCwh87343.
NVD's analysis a second authority
- severity
- 10 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- weakness
- CWE-420
- affected versions
- cisco ios xe >= 16.12 < 16.12.10a; cisco ios xe >= 17.3 < 17.3.8a; cisco ios xe >= 17.6 < 17.6.6a; and 3 more, listed in full below
- also scored by
- [email protected] 10 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Dated events
Movement the material steps
Show all 90 observations
90 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt
The full biography
Listed by CISA on the day it published and the record had been public for 2 years, 10 months when this index was last written.
No material movement in 81 days as of the last ingest this index recorded.
Siblings and hubs
Records related to this one
Fixed with these, by one advisory
cisco-sa-iosxe-webui-privesc-j22SaA4z
Of the 2 records in this advisory, this is the only one holding a CISA KEV listing: Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
Listed because one advisory covers them, not because they are the same defect. Each record's own state is on its own page.
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