CVE-2023-20217

Published: Aug 16, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Cisco: Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent, Thousandeyes Recorder

2 products

Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent

Thousandeyes Recorder

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cisco Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent	Before 0.230
Cisco Thousandeyes Recorder	All versions

Related CWEs

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

References (2)

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-te-va-priv-esc-PUdgrx8E

Source: psirt@cisco.com

Vendor Advisory

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-te-va-priv-esc-PUdgrx8E

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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