CVE-2024-20338 is a high-severity vulnerability in the ISE Posture (System Scan) module of Cisco Secure Client for Linux. This flaw, due to an uncontrolled search path element (CWE-427), allows an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on affected Linux systems running Cisco Secure Client. Exploitation requires an attacker to place a malicious library file and an administrator to restart a specific process, leading to arbitrary code execution. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not yet listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.2.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.