CVE-2021-1447

A vulnerability in the user account management system of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to a procedural flaw in the password generation algorithm. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enabling specific Administrator-only features and connecting to the appliance through the CLI with elevated privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid Administrator credentials.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 May 2021, 19:13

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References (CISCO) https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sma-priv-esc-JJ8zxQsC - (CISCO) https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sma-priv-esc-JJ8zxQsC - Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 6.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

06 May 2021, 13:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-05-06 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-1447

Mitre link : CVE-2021-1447

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-1447


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Products Affected

cisco

  • content_security_management_appliance
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management