| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to file inclusion. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-20366. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (version now known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-20366 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/26/2025).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: File inclusionCWE: CWE-73
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/08/2023 🔍05/15/2024 🔍
05/15/2024 🔍
03/26/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-nso-hcc-priv-esc-OWBWCs5D
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-20366 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20366
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264508
Entry
Created: 05/15/2024 19:20Updated: 03/26/2025 00:14
Changes: 05/15/2024 19:20 (50), 03/26/2025 00:14 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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