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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-20338

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 3/06/2024 12:15:09 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
Cisco Systems, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
Cisco Systems, Inc. CWE-427
Added Description

								
							
							
						
A vulnerability in the ISE Posture (System Scan) module of Cisco Secure Client for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device.

 This vulnerability is due to the use of an uncontrolled search path element. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by copying a malicious library file to a specific directory in the filesystem and persuading an administrator to restart a specific process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device with root privileges.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
Cisco Systems, Inc. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-secure-privesc-sYxQO6ds [No types assigned]