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CVE-2024-20366

A vulnerability in the Tail-f High Availability Cluster Communications (HCC) function pack of Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because a user-controlled search path is used to locate executable files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by configuring the application in a way that causes a malicious file to be executed. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need valid credentials on an affected device.

Published

2024-05-15T18:15:09.440

Last Modified

2025-03-25T17:49:13.957

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-73
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-427
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cisco network_services_orchestrator < 5.0.5 Yes
Application cisco network_services_orchestrator < 6.0.2 Yes
References