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CVE-2021-1528 — Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly restrict access to privileged processes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking a privileged process in the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the root user.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2021-06-04
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-250

Affected products

  • cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager
  • cisco / sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator
  • cisco / vsmart_controller
  • cisco / vedge_100_firmware
  • cisco / vedge_1000_firmware
  • cisco / vedge_100b_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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