CVE-2023-20224

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied CLI arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and using crafted commands at the prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:thousandeyes_enterprise_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-16 22:15

Updated : 2024-01-25 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-20224

Mitre link : CVE-2023-20224

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-20224

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Products Affected

cisco

thousandeyes_enterprise_agent

CWE

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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