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CVE-2021-1577

CVE information

Published

2 years ago

Last Modified

5 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Critical

Impact Analysis

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 or write arbitrary files on an affected device..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.4/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Critical
Base Score
9.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
5.2/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller
  Yes
- 3.2\(10e\)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller
  Yes
4.0 4.2\(6h\)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller
  Yes
5.0 5.1\(3e\)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_cont
  Yes
- 3.2\(10e\)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_cont
  Yes
4.0 4.2\(6h\)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_cont
  Yes
5.0 5.1\(3e\)