CVE-2023-20065 (GCVE-0-2023-20065)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:57
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software Affected: 16.4.1
Affected: 16.4.2
Affected: 16.4.3
Affected: 17.3.1
Affected: 17.3.2
Affected: 17.3.3
Affected: 17.3.1a
Affected: 17.3.1w
Affected: 17.3.2a
Affected: 17.3.1x
Affected: 17.3.1z
Affected: 17.3.4
Affected: 17.3.5
Affected: 17.3.4a
Affected: 17.3.6
Affected: 17.3.4b
Affected: 17.3.4c
Affected: 17.3.5a
Affected: 17.3.5b
Affected: 17.4.1
Affected: 17.4.2
Affected: 17.4.1a
Affected: 17.4.1b
Affected: 17.4.2a
Affected: 17.5.1
Affected: 17.5.1a
Affected: 17.5.1b
Affected: 17.5.1c
Affected: 17.6.1
Affected: 17.6.2
Affected: 17.6.1w
Affected: 17.6.1a
Affected: 17.6.1x
Affected: 17.6.3
Affected: 17.6.1y
Affected: 17.6.1z
Affected: 17.6.3a
Affected: 17.6.4
Affected: 17.6.1z1
Affected: 17.7.1
Affected: 17.7.1a
Affected: 17.7.1b
Affected: 17.7.2
Affected: 17.8.1
Affected: 17.8.1a
Affected: 17.9.1
Affected: 17.9.1w
Affected: 17.9.2
Affected: 17.9.1a
Affected: 17.9.2a
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