PT-2023-2803 · Cisco · Cisco Identity Services Engine

Evan Pickard · Published 2023-05-17 · Updated 2023-05-26 · CVE-2023-20164

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows an authenticated attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this, an attacker must have valid credentials on an affected device. The vulnerability exists due to the failure to neutralize special elements used in the operating system command.

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

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-02721

CVE-2023-20164

Affected Products

Cisco Identity Services Engine

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20164 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-injection-sRQnsEU9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-02721 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/64369 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023051842 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/50711 · Telegram Post