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    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.

    Published:Aug 16, 2023
    Last Modified:Jul 3, 2025
    EPS:Aug 16, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00041
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Thousandeyes Recorder

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High