PT-2023-4613 · Cisco · Cisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent

Jim Becher · Published 2023-08-16 · Updated 2024-01-25 · CVE-2023-20224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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 to root on an affected device. This issue is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied CLI arguments. An attacker could exploit this by authenticating to the device and using crafted commands at the prompt, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary commands as root. 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

Improper Access Control

Argument Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-88

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05020

CVE-2023-20224

Affected Products

Cisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent

References · 14

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05020 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20224 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CESNET_CERTS/status/1693978746049691724 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68709 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56684 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1691931059040985203 · Twitter Post
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/20 · Note
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1692387783157989824 · Twitter Post
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174233/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Privilege-Escalation.html · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1691872592615887177 · Twitter Post