CVE-2023-20224

HIGH

Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied CLI arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and using crafted commands at the prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 13.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-88
Status published

Affected Products (1)

cisco/thousandeyes_enterprise_agent < 0.230

Timeline

Published Aug 16, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026