CVE-2021-1391
moderate-risk
Published 2021-03-24
A 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.
Do I need to act?
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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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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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5
CVSS 5.1/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
49
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
32/34 · Critical