First published: Thu Jan 19 2023(Updated: )
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.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco CX Cloud Agent | <2.2.1 |
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The vulnerability ID for this Cisco CX Cloud Agent vulnerability is CVE-2023-20044.
The severity level of CVE-2023-20044 is high with a CVSS score of 7.3.
This vulnerability occurs due to insecure file permissions.
An authenticated local attacker can exploit this Cisco CX Cloud Agent vulnerability.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by persuading support to update settings which call the insecure script.
Cisco has released a security advisory with mitigation details for CVE-2023-20044. Please refer to the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.