5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2023-20217

Published: 16/08/2023 Updated: 25/01/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local malicious user 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 malicious user to view arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device.

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Vendor Advisories

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 comm ...

Exploits

Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Virtual Appliance version thousandeyes-va-64-1804 0218 has an insecure sudo configuration which permits a low-privilege user to read root-only files via the dig command without a password ...