CVE-2021-1264 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on January 20, 2021
Cisco DNA Center Command Runner Command Injection Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Command Runner tool of Cisco DNA Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the Command Runner tool. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted input during command execution or via a crafted command runner API call. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary CLI commands on devices managed by Cisco DNA Center.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-1264 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2021-1264 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-1264
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Affected Versions
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center) Version n/a is affected by CVE-2021-1264Exploit Probability
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