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CVE-2021-1577

Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) — Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability

EPSS 1%CVSS 9.1
critical.is priorityof 100
41
CVSS 9.1 (CNA, NVD agree)9.1 / 10 × 3027.3Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 70.5.705 × 2014.1No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper access control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specific API endpoint to upload a file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an affected device.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)n/a–CNA

Scores by source

cisco (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

advisorytools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-capic-frw-Nt3RYxR2