CVE-2023-20224: Privilege Escalation via CLI in Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent
CVE-2023-20224 Published on August 16, 2023
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-20224 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2023-20224 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-20224
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Affected Versions
Cisco ThousandEyes Recorder Application:- Version 1.0.5 is affected.
- Version 1.0.4 is affected.
- Version 1.0.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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