CVE-2021-1447 Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker with Administrator credentials can exploit a password generation flaw to escalate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-1447?
CVE-2021-1447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA), published on 6 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the user account management system of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate their privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to a procedural flaw in the password generation algorithm. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enabling specific Administrator-only features and connecting to the appliance through the CLI with elevated privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid Administrator credentials.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1447?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Content Security Management Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1447?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-1447 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1447 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mvqh-q454-4f7x.