CVE-2021-1528CWE-250

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High · published June 4, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00248 · 15.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2021-06-04T16:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUN 16:45Z
    Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
    cvelistv5