CVE-2021-1281

Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium · published March 24, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in CLI management in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the way the software handles concurrent CLI sessions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device as an administrative user and executing a sequence of commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain access to the underlying operating system as the root user.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00285 · 19.9th percentile
Published
2021-03-24T20:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 MAR 20:16Z
    Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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