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Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-20109 Mappings

A vulnerability in the Cisco Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET VPN) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker who has administrative control of either a group member or a key server to execute arbitrary code on an affected device or cause the device to crash. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of attributes in the Group Domain of Interpretation (GDOI) and G-IKEv2 protocols of the GET VPN feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by either compromising an installed key server or modifying the configuration of a group member to point to a key server that is controlled by the attacker. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code and gain full control of the affected system or cause the affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. For more information, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.

Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
CVE-2023-20109 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Group Encrypted Transport VPN Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability primary_impact T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Comments
This vulnerability is exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker who has administrative control of either a group member or a key server to execute arbitrary code on an affected device or cause the device to crash. This vulnerability has been identified as being exploited in the wild by Chinese adversary groups.
References
  1. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-getvpn-rce-g8qR68sx
  2. https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/new-cisco-ios-zero-day-delivers-a-double-punch
CVE-2023-20109 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Group Encrypted Transport VPN Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability primary_impact T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Comments
This vulnerability is exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker who has administrative control of either a group member or a key server to execute arbitrary code on an affected device or cause the device to crash. This vulnerability has been identified as being exploited in the wild by Chinese adversary groups.
References
  1. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-getvpn-rce-g8qR68sx
  2. https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/new-cisco-ios-zero-day-delivers-a-double-punch
CVE-2023-20109 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Group Encrypted Transport VPN Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability exploitation_technique T1078 Valid Accounts
Comments
This vulnerability is exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker who has administrative control of either a group member or a key server to execute arbitrary code on an affected device or cause the device to crash. This vulnerability has been identified as being exploited in the wild by Chinese adversary groups.
References
  1. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-getvpn-rce-g8qR68sx
  2. https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/new-cisco-ios-zero-day-delivers-a-double-punch