CVE-2021-1528 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on June 4, 2021
Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly restrict access to privileged processes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking a privileged process in the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the root user.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-1528 is exploitable with local system 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 be very high.
Weakness Type
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
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Affected Versions
Cisco SD-WAN Solution Version n/a is affected by CVE-2021-1528Exploit Probability
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