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CVE-2023-20044

A vulnerability in Cisco CX Cloud Agent of could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges. This vulnerability is…

Medium6.7EPSS 0.15%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
cisco

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco CX Cloud Agent of could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges. This vulnerability is due to insecure file permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading support to update settings which call the insecure script. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take complete control of the affected device.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By cisco

  2. · 3 months later

    Published

  3. · 22 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-20044, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ciscoCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Cisco · Cisco CX Cloud Agent

    • affected 0.9
    • affected 0.0.1
    • affected 0.0.2
    • affected 0.9.2
    • affected 0.9.3
    • affected 1.1
    • affected 1.10
    • affected 1.11
    • affected 1.12
    • affected 1.2
    • affected 1.3
    • affected 1.4
    • affected 1.5
    • affected 1.6
    • affected 1.7
    • affected 1.8
    • affected 1.9
    • affected 1.0.0
    • affected 2.0
    • affected 2.2

What to do

Exploitation: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

References (1)

Sources

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