Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-20029
A vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root level privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient memory protection in the Meraki onboarding feature of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the Meraki registration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.
Vulnerability category: Overflow
Products affected by CVE-2023-20029
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-20029
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-20029
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
0.8
|
3.6
|
Cisco Systems, Inc. | |
7.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-20029
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A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().Assigned by: ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2023-20029
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https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-sABD8hcU
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityVendor Advisory
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