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Cisco IOS: CVE-2021-1385: Cisco IOx Application Environment Path Traversal Vulnerability

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Cisco IOS: CVE-2021-1385: Cisco IOx Application Environment Path Traversal Vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/25/2021
Created
03/25/2021
Added
03/25/2021
Modified
04/29/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ios-upgrade-latest

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