CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1578

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Published: Aug 25, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an improper policy default setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a non-privileged credential for Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) to send a specific API request to a managed Cisco APIC or Cloud APIC device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain Administrator credentials on the affected device.

Weakness

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Application_policy_infrastructure_controller Cisco 5.0 (including) 5.1(3e) (including)
Application_policy_infrastructure_controller Cisco 5.0(2h) (including) 5.0(2h) (including)
Cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller Cisco 5.0 (including) 5.1(3e) (including)
Cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller Cisco 5.0(2h) (including) 5.0(2h) (including)

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