What is CVE-2021-1512?

CVE-2021-1512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-1512?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager

CVE-2021-1512

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the underlying file system of an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the user-supplied input parameters of a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing that command with specific parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite the content in any arbitrary files that reside on the underlying host file system.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1512?: CVE-2021-1512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-1512?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.