cisco intersight-private-virtual-appliance CVE-2023-20017 is a vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Private Virtual Appliance
Published on August 16, 2023

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Intersight Private Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands using root-level privileges. The attacker would need to have Administrator privileges on the affected device to exploit these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation when extracting uploaded software packages. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating to an affected device and uploading a crafted software package. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-20017 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.3 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

What is a Command Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2023-20017 has been classified to as a Command Injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-20017

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What versions of Intersight Private Virtual Appliance are vulnerable to CVE-2023-20017?