CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-20338

7.3 HIGH Published 2024-03-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-03-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427

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.

Affected configurations

• cisco secure client (< 5.1.2.42)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References