CVE-2023-20217

2023-08-1621:39:41

cisco

www.cve.org

cisco thousandeyes

cli

vulnerability

privilege escalation

input validation

authentication

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing certain commands using sudo. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Cisco",
    "product": "Cisco ThousandEyes Recorder Application",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "N/A",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]