CVE-2023-20065
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-284 |
| Vendor | cisco |
| Product | cisco ios xe software |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | NetworkingTelecommunications |
| Published | Mar 23, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Aug 2, 2024 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Cisco / Cisco IOS XE Software
16.4.1 16.4.2 16.4.3 17.3.1 17.3.2 17.3.3 17.3.1a 17.3.1w 17.3.2a 17.3.1x 17.3.1z 17.3.4 17.3.5 17.3.4a 17.3.6 17.3.4b 17.3.4c 17.3.5a 17.3.5b 17.4.1 17.4.2 17.4.1a 17.4.1b 17.4.2a 17.5.1 17.5.1a 17.5.1b 17.5.1c 17.6.1 17.6.2 17.6.1w 17.6.1a 17.6.1x 17.6.3 17.6.1y 17.6.1z 17.6.3a 17.6.4 17.6.1z1 17.7.1 17.7.1a 17.7.1b 17.7.2 17.8.1 17.8.1a 17.9.1 17.9.1w 17.9.2 17.9.1a 17.9.2a