High severity · published Jan 20, 2023
CVE-2023-20044
A vulnerability in Cisco CX Cloud Agent of could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges
7.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco CX Cloud Agent of could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges.
This vulnerability is due to insecure file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading support to update settings which call the insecure script. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take complete control of the affected device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
CX Cloud Agent · Cisco
before 2.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20044
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20044
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cxagent-gOq9QjqZ
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