PT-2021-1838 · Cisco · Cisco Immunet+1

Hou Jingyi + 2 · Published 2021-01-20 · Updated 2021-02-07 · CVE-2021-1280

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints for Windows (affected versions not specified) Cisco Immunet for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the loading mechanism of specific DLLs could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. The attacker would need valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability, which is due to incorrect handling of directory search paths at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a malicious DLL file on the targeted system, allowing the execution of arbitrary code on the targeted system with SYSTEM privileges.

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

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-00598

CVE-2021-1280

Affected Products

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (Amp) For Endpoints

Cisco Immunet

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1280 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1280 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-amp-imm-dll-5PAZ3hRV · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00598 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/2651 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/9024 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8791 · Telegram Post