Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) - CVE-2021-1572

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU55606

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) - CVE-2021-1572

Published: August 5, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55606
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1572
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software incorrectly runs the SFTP user service at the privilege level of the account that was running when the NSO built-in Secure Shell (SSH) server for CLI was enabled. A local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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