VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-20217

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-250
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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