CISCO-SA-THOUEYE-PRIVESC-NVHHGWB3
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. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco ThousandEyes Recorder Application |
Timeline
- Aug 16, 2023 CVE Published
- Aug 17, 2023 CVE Updated
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-thoueye-privesc-NVhHGwb3 advisory
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#ssu url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/end-user-license-agreement.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#fixes url
- https://www.cisco.com/go/psirt url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tsd-cisco-worldwide-contacts.html url
- http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/psirt/security_vulnerability_policy.html url
- https://software.cisco.com fix