CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-1528

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly restrict access to privileged processes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking a privileged process in the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the root user.

How to fix

Remediation Available
catalyst sd-wan managerNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
sd-wan vbond orchestratorNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 1000 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 100 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 100b firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 100m firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 100wm firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 2000 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge 5000 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vedge cloud firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD
vsmart controllerNVD
Affected:>= 20.5, < 20.5.1Fixed in:20.5.1CVE-2021-1528derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days
16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.