Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cisco AppDynamics PHP Agent
CVE-2023-20274

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Appdynamics
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 November 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A vulnerability found in the installer script of the Cisco AppDynamics PHP Agent could potentially allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain higher privileges on the affected system. The issue arises from inadequate permissions set by the PHP Agent installer, permitting the modification of objects within the installation directory. An attacker capitalizing on this vulnerability could execute those modified objects with elevated privileges, enabling them to escalate to root access on the device.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco AppDynamics 21.2.7

Cisco AppDynamics 21.2.8

Cisco AppDynamics 21.4.0

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/C...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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