CVE-2025-20259

Cisco ThousandEyes Endpoint Agent for Windows Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Jun 4, 2025
Updated
Jun 4, 2025
Reserved
Oct 10, 2024

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Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the update process of Cisco ThousandEyes Endpoint Agent for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to delete arbitrary files on an affected device.

These vulnerabilities are due to improper access controls on files that are in the local file system. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by using a symbolic link to perform an agent upgrade that redirects the delete operation of any protected file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the affected device.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lcisco

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco ThousandEyes Endpoint AgentCisco
  • N/AAffected

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