Published: 10/10/2022 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 0.9

VMScore: 0

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 malicious user 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 malicious user to read any file or reset the enable password.

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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 e ...

NVD-CWE-Other https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-info-disc-nrORXjO https://nvd.nist.gov https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-info-disc-nrORXjO

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