A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizations for authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to privilege level 15. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with privilege level 5 or higher. Read-only DM users are assigned privilege level 5.
History

Wed, 07 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 07 May 2025 17:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizations for authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to privilege level 15. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with privilege level 5 or higher. Read-only DM users are assigned privilege level 5.
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2025-05-07T17:36:33.740Z

Updated: 2025-05-08T03:56:33.406Z

Reserved: 2024-10-10T19:15:13.218Z

Link: CVE-2025-20164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-07T18:55:59.218Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-07T18:15:37.813

Modified: 2025-05-08T14:39:09.683

Link: CVE-2025-20164

cve-icon Redhat

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