CVE-2023-20224

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
PublishedAug 16, 2023
First seenAug 16, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • cisco thousandeyes_enterprise_agent0.230 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco thousandeyes_enterprise_agentv < 0.2300.230

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