What is CVE-2021-1485?

CVE-2021-1485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr Software, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2021-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-1485?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr Software

CVE-2021-1485

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system (OS) of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux OS with root privileges.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Ios Xr Software — versions n/a
Cisco Ios_xr

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1485?: CVE-2021-1485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr Software, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2021-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-1485?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.