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Cisco Identity Services Engine Command Injection (CVE-2023-20170)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 184195
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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 command injection vulnerability. A vulnerability in a specific Cisco ISE CLI command could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator-level privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. (CVE-2023-20170)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 CSCwd41220See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 184195
File Name: cisco-sa-ise-injection-QeXegrCw_cve-2023-20170.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 11/2/2023
Updated: 1/12/2024
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-2023-20170
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: Host/Cisco/ISE/version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-20170