CVE-2021-1485 — Argument Injection in Cisco IOS XR

CWE-88 — Argument Injection4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA6.6
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco IOS XRCisco IOS XR Software
Timeline
PublishedApr 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDcisco/ios_xr< 7.3.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hfm2-m84q-6rc9: A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with r↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability↗2021-04-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability↗2021-04-07
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