A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software improperly sanitizes values that are parsed from a specific configuration file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tampering with a specific configuration file and then sending an API call. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary code that would be executed on the underlying operating system of the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have a privileged set of credentials to the device.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2021-03-24T20:06:13.684803Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:41:38.855Z

Reserved: 2020-11-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-1443

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-24T20:15:15.227

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:28:19.460

Link: CVE-2021-1443

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