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
Product
Action
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
Cisco
Thousandeyes Enterprise Agent
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Thousandeyes Recorder
Cisco
Thousandeyes Recorder
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
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
