CVE-2021-1438

MEDIUM

Cisco Wide Area Application Services < 6.4.5a - Authenticated Arbitrary File Read via CLI Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain access to sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation and authorization of specific commands that a user can execute within the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and issuing a specific set of commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files that they originally did not have permissions to access.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-668
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/wide_area_application_services < 6.4.5a
Published May 06, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026