CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-1385

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-03-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment of multiple Cisco platforms could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and read and write files on the underlying operating system or host system. This vulnerability occurs because the device does not properly validate URIs in IOx API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted API request that contains directory traversal character sequences to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on the underlying operating system.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios 15.8\(3\)m2a • cisco ios 15.8\(3\)m3 • cisco ios 15.8\(3\)m4 • cisco ios 15.8\(3\)m5 • cisco ios 15.8\(3\)m6 • cisco ios 15.9\(3\)m • cisco ios 15.9\(3\)m1 • cisco ios 15.9\(3\)m2 • cisco ios 15.9\(3\)m2a • cisco ios 15.9\(3\)m3 • cisco ios xe 16.11.1 • cisco ios xe 16.11.1a • cisco ios xe 16.11.1b • cisco ios xe 16.11.1c • cisco ios xe 16.11.1s • cisco ios xe 16.11.2 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1a • cisco ios xe 16.12.1c • cisco ios xe 16.12.1s • cisco ios xe 16.12.1t • cisco ios xe 16.12.1w • cisco ios xe 16.12.1x • cisco ios xe 16.12.1y • cisco ios xe 16.12.1z • cisco ios xe 16.12.1z1 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1za • cisco ios xe 16.12.2 • cisco ios xe 16.12.2a • cisco ios xe 16.12.2s • cisco ios xe 16.12.2t • cisco ios xe 16.12.3 • cisco ios xe 16.12.3a • cisco ios xe 16.12.3s • cisco ios xe 16.12.4 • cisco ios xe 16.12.4a • cisco ios xe 16.12.5 • cisco ios xe 17.1.1 • cisco ios xe 17.1.1a • cisco ios xe 17.1.1s • cisco ios xe 17.1.1t • cisco ios xe 17.1.2 • cisco ios xe 17.1.3 • cisco ios xe 17.2.1 • cisco ios xe 17.2.1a • cisco ios xe 17.2.1r • cisco ios xe 17.2.1v • cisco ios xe 17.2.2 • cisco ios xe 17.3.1 • cisco ios xe 17.3.1a • cisco ios xe 17.3.1w • cisco ios xe 17.3.1x • cisco ios xe 17.3.2 • cisco ios xe 17.3.2a • cisco ios xe 17.4.1 • cisco ios xe 17.4.1a • cisco ios xe 17.4.1b

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References