CVE-2021-1485

Summary

CVECVE-2021-1485
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-08 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system (OS) of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux OS with root privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-88

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios Xr All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS XR 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

  • 316925 Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability(cisco-sa-xr-cmdinj-vsKGherc)

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