CVE-2021-1617 Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Vulnerabilities

Medium 6.5 Published 22 Jul 2021 Updated 7 Nov 2024

Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal and command injection flaws to execute arbitrary commands as root on Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-1617?

CVE-2021-1617 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, published on 22 Jul 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal or command injection attack on an affected system. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by using the web-based management interface to do one or both of the following: Execute a command using crafted input Upload a file that has been altered using path traversal techniques A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands as root on an affected system. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-36

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1617?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-1617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-86hx-ff57-qxp9.