PT-2023-17416 · Cisco · Cisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent

Hank Leininger + 1 · Published 2023-08-16 · Updated 2024-01-25 · CVE-2023-20217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This issue 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.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-250

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-20217

Affected Products

Cisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent

References · 11

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174232/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Read.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/19 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20217 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-te-va-priv-esc-PUdgrx8E · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CESNET_CERTS/status/1693978746049691724 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68711 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1691872845683445870 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57330 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1691931057078034446 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56687 · Telegram Post