Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco AppDynamics PHP Agent - CVE-2023-20274
Published: November 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83237
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20274
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local administrator to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient permissions that are set by the PHP Agent Installer on the PHP Agent install directory, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Cisco AppDynamics PHP Agent
How to mitigate CVE-2023-20274
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco AppDynamics PHP Agent - update to 23.7.0