CVE-2024-20469

Root privilege escalation via crafted CLI commands

Published Sep 4, 2024 · Updated Sep 6, 2024

Command injection in specific Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.2 and 3.3 CLI commands allows local users to elevate to root. The affected commands pass insufficiently validated user-supplied CLI input to the underlying operating system, allowing crafted input to execute commands. A valid Administrator account and local CLI access are required; successful exploitation grants root privileges, with confidentiality and integrity impact but no vendor-rated availability impact.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.47%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in specific Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.2 and 3.3 CLI commands allows local users to elevate to root. The affected commands pass insufficiently validated user-supplied CLI input to the underlying operating system, allowing crafted input to execute commands. A valid Administrator account and local CLI access are required; successful exploitation grants root privileges, with confidentiality and integrity impact but no vendor-rated availability impact.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-20469
Published
Sep 4, 2024
Updated
Sep 6, 2024
Vendor
ClamAV
Product
Cisco Identity Services Engine
Classifications
CWE-78, T1059, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.2.0
  2. Affected versionversion=3.2.0p1
  3. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p1
  4. Affected versionversion=3.2.0p2
  5. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p2
  6. Affected versionversion=3.2.0p3
  7. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p3
  8. Affected versionversion=3.2.0p4
  9. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p4
  10. Affected versionversion=3.2.0p5
  11. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p5
  12. Affected versionversion=3.2.0p6
  13. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p6
  14. Affected versionversion=3.3.0
  15. Affected versionversion=3.3p1
  16. Affected versionversion=3.3p2
  17. Affected versionversion=3.3p3
  18. Affected versionversion=3.3 Patch 1
  19. Affected versionversion=3.3 Patch 2
  20. Affected versionversion=3.3 Patch 3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

ClamAV · Cisco Identity Services Engineversion=3.2.0; version=3.2.0p1; version=3.2.0 p1; version=3.2.0p2; version=3.2.0 p2; version=3.2.0p3; version=3.2.0 p3; version=3.2.0p4; version=3.2.0 p4; version=3.2.0p5; version=3.2.0 p5; version=3.2.0p6; version=3.2.0 p6; version=3.3.0; version=3.3p1; version=3.3p2; version=3.3p3; version=3.3 Patch 1; version=3.3 Patch 2; version=3.3 Patch 3

Published CVSS scores

6.0Cisco PSIRTCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.7NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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