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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2023-20043 – Cisco CX Cloud Agent Vulnerability

January 17, 2023

Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2023-20043 – Cisco CX Cloud Agent Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-20043

Cisco CX Cloud Agent could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insecure file permissions. By calling the script with the sudo command, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take complete control of the affected device.

Impact

  • Privilege Escalation

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2023-20043

Affected Vendors

Cisco

Affected Products

  • Cisco CX Cloud Agent Software

Remediation

Refer to Cisco Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

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