CVE-2023-20166 describes multiple path traversal vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow an authenticated administrator to elevate privileges to root or read arbitrary files. The CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) reflects a local attack vector with low complexity, but high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While requiring valid administrator credentials, successful exploitation could lead to full system compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.2:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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