CVE-2021-1421
HIGHCisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software < 4.5.1 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via Configuration Command
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to a configuration command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input during the execution of this command. A successful exploit could allow a non-privileged attacker authenticated in the restricted CLI to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nfvis-cmdinj-DkFjqg2j
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
27.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/enterprise_nfv_infrastructure_software
< 4.5.1
Published
May 06, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026