CVE-2022-45853

Published: May 30, 2023

Modified: Jan 10, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.7

MEDIUM

Description

The privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zyxel GS1900-8 firmware version V2.70(AAHH.3) and the GS1900-8HP firmware version V2.70(AAHI.3) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute some system commands as 'root' on a vulnerable device via SSH.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Zyxel	GS1900-8HP firmware	affected `V2.70(AAHI.3)`
Zyxel	GS1900-8 firmware	affected `V2.70(AAHH.3)`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-gs1900-series-switches

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CVE-2022-45853

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References