Vulnerability in Cisco Thousandeyes Recorder Application
CVE-2023-20224
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Thousandeyes Recorder Application — versions 1.0.5, 1.0.4, 1.0.3
- Cisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-20224?
- CVE-2023-20224 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Thousandeyes Recorder Application, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-16.
- How severe is CVE-2023-20224?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.