Vulnerability · Published Jun 4, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-1528Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Cisco SD-WAN Solution from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco SD-WAN Solution	n/a

Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

20210602 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO