Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1577

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (apic)
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 August 2021

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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