PT-2021-13524 · Cisco · Cisco Apic+1

Arthur Vidineyev · Published 2021-08-25 · Updated 2022-07-08 · CVE-2021-1579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability in an API endpoint could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator read-only credentials to elevate privileges on an affected system due to insufficient role-based access control (RBAC). The attacker could exploit this by sending a specific API request using an app with admin write credentials, potentially allowing them to elevate privileges to Administrator with write privileges.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-250

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-1579

Affected Products

Cisco Apic

Cisco Cloud Apic

References · 3

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-capic-chvul-CKfGYBh8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1579 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1579 · Vendor Advisory