CVE-2022-45853 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting specific firmware versions of Zyxel GS1900-8 and GS1900-8HP switches. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges can exploit this flaw via SSH to execute system commands as 'root'. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.70\(aahh.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1900-8_firmware:2.70\(aahh.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.70\(aahi.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1900-8hp_firmware:2.70\(aahi.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.70\(aazi.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1900-10hp_firmware:2.70\(aazi.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.70\(aahj.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1900-16_firmware:2.70\(aahj.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.70\(aahl.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:gs1900-24_firmware:2.70\(aahl.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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