CVE-2021-1384

Summary

CVECVE-2021-1384
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-24 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Cisco IOx application hosting environment of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject commands into the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of fields in the application packages loaded onto IOx. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a crafted application .tar file and loading it onto the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform command injection into the underlying operating system as the root user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1d All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1f All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1g All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1x All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1y All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1za All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.10 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.11 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.5b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.8 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.3.9 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.4.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.4.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.4.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.5.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.5.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.5.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.5.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.5.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.5a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.5b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.7a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.6.8 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.7.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.7.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.7.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.7.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.7.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.7.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1d All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.8.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1d All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3h All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.4c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.5f All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1r All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1v All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1x All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOx - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') (CVE-2021-1384) · Advisory · orangecertcc/security-research · GitHub MISC github.com
Cisco IOx for IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 316918 Cisco IOx for IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability(cisco-sa-iox-cmdinj-RkSURGHG)

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