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.
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
User Interaction None
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
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References
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https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-priv-escalate-Xg8zkyPk | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-01-25T16:57:40.501Z
Reserved: 2022-10-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2023-20065
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-03-23T17:15:14.393
Modified: 2024-01-25T17:15:28.263
Link: CVE-2023-20065
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Redhat Information
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