CVE-2021-1391

Summary

CVECVE-2021-1391
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 the dragonite debugger of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate from privilege level 15 to root privilege. The vulnerability is due to the presence of development testing and verification scripts that remained on the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by bypassing the consent token mechanism with the residual scripts on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate from privilege level 15 to root privilege.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-489

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2\(6\)i1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se13a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(3\)svr1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(3\)svr2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(3\)svr3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(3\)svs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(3\)svs1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)ea10 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5a\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5a\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5b\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5c\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)e2b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)e2c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)ea All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(5\)ex All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e0c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e2b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)e3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(6\)eb All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7a\)e0b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7b\)e0b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e0b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e2b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(7\)e3k All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)jf13 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 16.12.1za 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 16.8.1 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 17.2.1 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 3.10.0ce All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.1ae All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.1se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.2e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10.3e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.1ae All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.2ae All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.2e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.3ae All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11.3e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.0e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.2be All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9.2e All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation 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

  • 316915 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability(cisco-sa-XE-FSM-Yj8qJbJc)

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