CVE-2023-20193 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Embedded Service Router (ESR) of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that allows an authenticated, local attacker with Administrator-level privileges to read, write, or delete arbitrary files and achieve root access. This vulnerability stems from improper privilege management within the ESR console. The CVSS score is 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, but high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0, <= 3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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