Vulnerability in Cisco Thousandeyes Recorder Application
CVE-2023-20217
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.
EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-20217?
- CVE-2023-20217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Thousandeyes Recorder Application, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-16.
- How severe is CVE-2023-20217?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.