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CVE-2023-20065

CVE-2023-20065 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the hosted application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to and then escaping the Cisco IOx application container. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

EPSS 0.04% · 11.7th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.04%
11.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
ciscoios_xe17.6.3, 17.11.1
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software16.4.1, 16.4.3, 17.3.2

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Mar 23, 2023 CVE Published
  • Mar 24, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 1, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jun 9, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Aug 25, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Oct 2, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Nov 9, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Dec 18, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jan 25, 2024 EPSS Score
  • Mar 3, 2024 EPSS Score
  • Apr 11, 2024 EPSS Score

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