What happened
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary operating system commands. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by saving configuration details that contain malicious values. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
Affected versions
Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent: Agent 5.0; Agent 4.4.4; Agent 4.4.3; Agent 4.4.2; Agent 4.2; Agent 4.1; Agent 4.0; Agent 5.1; Agent 5.1.2; Agent 5.1.3; Agent 5.2.0 Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.
Detection & mitigation
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
- Review affected product exposure and access logs.
Public PoC references
No public PoC reference has passed the current publication threshold.