What is CVE-2021-1145?

CVE-2021-1145 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-1145?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software

CVE-2021-1145

A vulnerability in the Secure FTP (SFTP) of Cisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need…

EPSS: 0.003 (49.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

20210113 Cisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1145?: CVE-2021-1145 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-1145?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.