Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-40130Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Improper Logging Restriction Vulnerability

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the web application of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to specify non-log files as sources for syslog reporting. This vulnerability is due to improper restriction of the syslog configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by configuring non-log files as sources for syslog reporting through the web application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read non-log files on the CSPC.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

20211117 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Improper Logging Restriction Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO