Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the ISE Posture module of Cisco Secure Client for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by copying a malicious library file to a specific directory in the filesystem and persuading an administrator to restart a specific process."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Library File
Target Asset libISEPosture.so
Standard Path /usr/lib/cisco/ise_posture
Manual Verification Required
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Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Moderate
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2024-20338: Cisco Secure Client ISE Posture Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - apply patch and restart affected service
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