CVE-2021-1419

Cisco Access Points SSH Management Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Sep 23, 2021
Updated
Nov 7, 2024
Reserved
Nov 13, 2020

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Description

A vulnerability in the SSH management feature of multiple Cisco Access Points (APs) platforms could allow a local, authenticated user to modify files on the affected device and possibly gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper checking on file operations within the SSH management interface. A network administrator user could exploit this vulnerability by accessing an affected device through SSH management to make a configuration change. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain privileges equivalent to the root user.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hcisco

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)Cisco
  • n/aAffected

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