CVE-2023-20167 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-20167

Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either elevate privileges to root or read arbitrary files. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must have valid Administrator credentials on the affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

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 Identity Services Engine Software
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: May 18th, 2023
Last Modified: October 28th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-24

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.