CVE-2021-1577

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization4 documents4 sources

Severity

9.1CRITICAL

EPSS

0.7%

top 27.41%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (apic)

Timeline

PublishedAug 25

Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper access control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specific API endpoint to upload a file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read …

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDcisco/cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller4.0 — 4.2\(6h\)+2

▶CVEListV5cisco/cisco_application_policy_infrastructure_controller_(apic)n/a

▶NVDcisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller4.0 — 4.2\(6h\)+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-c569-4cq6-rvg9: A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Cont↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability↗2021-08-25

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📋Vendor Advisories

Cisco

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability↗2021-08-25

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