CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1297

Absolute Path Traversal

Published: Feb 04, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
9.4 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite certain files that should be restricted on an affected system. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by using the web-based management interface to upload a file to location on an affected device that they should not have access to. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite files on the file system of the affected device.

Weakness

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as “/abs/path” that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rv160w_wireless-ac_vpn_router_firmware Cisco * 1.0.01.02 (excluding)

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