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CVE-2026-20092
A vulnerability in the read-only maintenance shell of Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to elevate privileges to root on the virtual appliance.
This vulnerability is due to improper file permissions on configuration files for system accounts within the maintenance shell of the virtual appliance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the maintenance shell as a read-only administrator and manipulati
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance","vendor":"Cisco","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"1.1.4-0"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:58b7f095b5a7025f1d85906a3d01724c550d62a24a2413797f3bfbd16e2dd6bd · sha256:da446e886b5b31f7… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-732","description":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource","lang":"en","type":"cwe"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:58b7f095b5a7025f1d85906a3d01724c550d62a24a2413797f3bfbd16e2dd6bd · sha256:da446e886b5b31f7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"cisco-sa-intersight-privesc-p6tBm6jk","url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-intersight-privesc-p6tBm6jk"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:58b7f095b5a7025f1d85906a3d01724c550d62a24a2413797f3bfbd16e2dd6bd · sha256:da446e886b5b31f7… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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