Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2021 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2021-1447Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) | n/a |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- 20210505 Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO