CVE-2021-1485CWE-88

Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium · published April 8, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system (OS) of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux OS with root privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00322 · 24.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Published
2021-04-08T04:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 04:07Z
    Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability
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