Check Point Advisories

Cisco RV016 FIRMWARE Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-20118)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-2013
Date Published: 4 Mar 2025
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Tuesday 04 March, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-20118
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Cisco RV016 FIRMWARE 1.5.1.13
Cisco RV016 FIRMWARE 4.2.3.08
Vulnerability Description A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Cisco RV016 FIRMWARE. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco RV016 FIRMWARE Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-20118) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Cisco RV016 FIRMWARE Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-20118)

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