CVE-2021-1384

CVSS V2 High 8.5 CVSS V3 High 7.2
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco IOx application hosting environment of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject commands into the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of fields in the application packages loaded onto IOx. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a crafted application .tar file and loading it onto the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform command injection into the underlying operating system as the root user.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-1384
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-03-24T20:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-07-29T13:52:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 16.6.9
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 16.9.0 16.9.7
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 17.3.2 17.3.3
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 17.4.0 17.4.2
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 8.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-cmdinj-RkSURGHG Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-h332-fj6p-2232
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1384
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1384
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:27:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 00:19:28 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-06 00:19:28 2021-03-24T20:15Z 2021-03-24T20:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 00:19:28 2022-07-29T13:52:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 00:19:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated