CVE-2023-20217

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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 on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing certain commands using sudo. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-te-va-priv-esc-PUdgrx8E Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:cisco:thousandeyes_enterprise_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:thousandeyes_recorder:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

25 Jan 2024, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-250
References
  • {'url': 'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174232/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Read.html', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Third Party Advisory', 'VDB Entry'], 'source': 'ykramarz@cisco.com'}
  • {'url': 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/19', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'source': 'ykramarz@cisco.com'}

25 Aug 2023, 18:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time Cisco thousandeyes Recorder
Cisco thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
Cisco
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cisco:thousandeyes_recorder:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:thousandeyes_enterprise_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174232/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Read.html - (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174232/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Read.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (MISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/19 - (MISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/19 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-te-va-priv-esc-PUdgrx8E - (MISC) https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-te-va-priv-esc-PUdgrx8E - Vendor Advisory

18 Aug 2023, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174232/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Read.html -

17 Aug 2023, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/19 -

16 Aug 2023, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-08-16 22:15

Updated : 2024-01-25 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-20217

Mitre link : CVE-2023-20217

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-20217

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Products Affected

cisco

  • thousandeyes_recorder
  • thousandeyes_enterprise_agent
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges