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CVE-2023-20029

Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Mar 23, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-122
NVD MITRE
4.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root level privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient memory protection in the Meraki onboarding feature of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the Meraki registration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-122NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Cisco IOS XECisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series SwitchesCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series SwitchesCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
Cisco IOS XE SoftwareCiscoNetworking Infrastructure
ios xecisco
On-premFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-sABD8hcU
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20029
nvd.nist.gov
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-sABD8hcU
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Mar 23, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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