CVE-2023-20224 (GCVE-0-2023-20224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-16 21:43 – Updated: 2024-08-02 09:05
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
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Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco ThousandEyes Recorder Application Affected: 1.0.5
Affected: 1.0.4
Affected: 1.0.3
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