CVE-2023-20044 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-20044

A vulnerability in Cisco CX Cloud Agent of could allow...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in Cisco CX Cloud Agent of could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges. This vulnerability is due to insecure file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading support to update settings which call the insecure script. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take complete control of the affected device.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco CX Cloud Agent
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9, 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 1.1, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.0.0, 2.0, 2.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 19th, 2023
Last Modified: November 21st, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-708

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.