CVE-2021-1612: A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system. This…

PriorityP434high7.1CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAH

EPSS

0.24%

15.3th percentile

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on files within the local file system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a symbolic link in a specific location on the local file system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on an affected device.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	cisco_ios_xe_sd-wan_software	—	—
cisco	ios_xe_sd-wan	—	—
cisco	sd-wan	< 17.3.4	17.3.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

vendor_cisco5.5MEDIUM

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