CVE-2021-1462

Summary

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have a valid Administrator account on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to incorrect privilege assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system with an Administrator account and creating a malicious file, which the system would parse at a later time. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on the affected system.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager20.1.12affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.2.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.4affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.5affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager20.1.1.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager20.1.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.3.0affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.2.2affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.2.099affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.6affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.7affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.2.0affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.8affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.0.0affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.1.0affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.302affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.303affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.2.097affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.2.098affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.10affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.6.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager19.0.1aaffected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.2.0affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.3affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.8affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.3.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.0affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.6affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.9affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.4affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.5affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.1.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.5affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.4.0.1affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager18.3.3affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.7affected
CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager17.2.4affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References