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CVE-2021-1419

Cisco Access Points SSH Management Privilege Escalation Vulnerability PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A vulnerability in the SSH management feature of multiple Cisco Access Points (APs) platforms could allow a local, authenticated user to modify files on the affected device and possibly gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper checking on file operations within the SSH management interface. A network administrator user could exploit this vulnerability by accessing an affected device through SSH management to make a configuration change. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain privileges equivalent to the root user.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Cisco / Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)affected n/a

CWE

CWE-284

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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CISA-ADP

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