RCE in Cisco Dna Spaces Connector

CVE-2021-1557

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of affected CLI commands. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during execution of these commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from dnasadmin and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th 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:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1557?
CVE-2021-1557 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Dna Spaces Connector, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-1557?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.