CVE-2023-20224
HIGHCisco 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 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