Vulnerability CVE-2021-1423


Published: 2021-03-24

Description:
A vulnerability in the implementation of a CLI command in Cisco Aironet Access Points (AP) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite files in the flash memory of the device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for a specific command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a command with crafted arguments. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or create files with data that is already present in other files that are hosted on the affected device.

Type:

CWE-668

(Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Cisco -> Wireless lan controller software 

 References:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ap-foverwrt-HyVXvrtb

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