Vulnerability Bulletins

Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Application Hosting Environment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability


System information

   
Affected software Cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the hosted application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to and then escaping the Cisco IOx application container. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system

More info:

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-priv-escalate-Xg8zkyPk?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory&vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence&vs_type=RSS&vs_p=Cisco%20IOS%20XE%20Software%20IOx%20Application%20Hosting%20Environment%20Privilege%20Escalation%20Vulnerability&vs_k=1

Standar resources

Property Value
CVE CVE-2023-20065.

Version history

Version Comments Date
1.0 Advisory issued 2023-03-23
Ministerio de Defensa
CNI
CCN
CCN-CERT