CVE-2021-1441

Summary

CVECVE-2021-1441
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 hardware initialization routines of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco 1100 Series Industrial Integrated Services Routers and Cisco ESR6300 Embedded Series Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute unsigned code at system boot time. This vulnerability is due to incorrect validations of parameters passed to a diagnostic script that is executed when the device boots up. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tampering with an executable file stored on a device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute unsigned code at boot time and bypass the software image verification check part of the secure boot process of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need administrative level credentials (level 15) on the device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Esr6300 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.10.1e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1 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 16.12.1 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 16.12.1za All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2 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 16.12.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.9.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1 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 17.2.1r All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1v All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.1xbs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.2xbs All All All
Hardware Cisco Ir1101 - All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.10.1 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.10.1e All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.11.1 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.11.1c All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.11.1s All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.1 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.1c All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.1s All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.1za All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.2 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.2s All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.2t All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.3 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.3s All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.12.4 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.9.1 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 16.9.1c All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.1.1s All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.1.1t All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.1.2 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.2.1 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.2.1r All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.2.1v All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 17.2.3 All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 3.15.1xbs All All All
Application Oracle Cisco Ios Xe Software 3.15.2xbs All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS XE Software Hardware Initialization Routines Arbitrary Code Execution 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

  • 316901 Cisco IOS XE Software Hardware Initialization Routines Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability(cisco-sa-ios-xe-iot-codexec-k46EFF6q)
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