CVE-2023-20224

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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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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
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

21 Nov 2024, 07:40

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References () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3 - Vendor Advisory () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3 - Vendor Advisory

25 Jan 2024, 17:15

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References
  • {'url': 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20', 'name': 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html', 'name': 'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Third Party Advisory', 'VDB Entry'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

25 Aug 2023, 17:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
CWE CWE-88
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cisco:thousandeyes_enterprise_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Cisco thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
Cisco
References (MISC) https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3 - (MISC) https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3 - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html - (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (MISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20 - (MISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

18 Aug 2023, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html -

17 Aug 2023, 22:15

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References
  • (MISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20 -

16 Aug 2023, 22:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-08-16 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:40

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-284

Improper Access Control

CWE-88

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