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Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation CVE-2023-20193 (cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-KJLp2Aw)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181423

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Identity Services Engine is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an authenticated, Administrator-level attacker to read, write and delete arbitrary files and elevate their privileges to root due to improper privilege management in the ESR console.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwd07348

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5bc8a8e4

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd07348

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181423

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-KJLp2Aw_cve-2023-20193.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/14/2023

Updated: 9/22/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20193

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-KJLp2Aw

IAVA: 2023-A-0496

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwd07348