CVE-2023-20217
MEDIUMCisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-250
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/thousandeyes_enterprise_agent
< 0.230
cisco/thousandeyes_recorder
Published
Aug 16, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026