Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1579

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

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

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2021-1579?

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 authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator read-only credentials to elevate privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient role-based access control (RBAC). An attacker with Administrator read-only credentials could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specific API request using an app with admin write credentials. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator with write privileges on the affected device.

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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:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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