Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2021-1594

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Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2021-1594

Published: October 7, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57109
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1594
CWE-ID: CWE-266
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation for specific API endpoints. A remote attacker in a man-in-the-middle position can run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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