CVE-2021-1384
moderate-risk
Published 2021-03-24
A 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.
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14.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 6.5/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Vendors
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
12/34 · Low
Exposure
7/34 · Low