CVE-2021-1528

HIGH

Cisco SD-WAN Software - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly restrict access to privileged processes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking a privileged process in the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the root user.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 15.8%
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-250
Status published
Products (11)
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_1000_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_100_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_100b_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_100m_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_100wm_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_2000_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_5000_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
cisco/vedge_cloud_firmware 20.4 - 20.4.2
... and 1 more
Published Jun 04, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026