Cisco IOS XE Software privilege escalation | CVE-2023-20065
NAME
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Cisco IOS XE Software privilege escalation
Platforms Affected:
Cisco IOS XE Software
Risk Level:
7.8
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
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Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insufficient restrictions on the hosted application. By logging in to and then escaping the Cisco IOx application container, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Local
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