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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-capic-chvul-CKfGYBh8)
high Nessus Plugin ID 152974
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an insufficient role-based access control. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a specially crafted request, to gain administrative access with write privileges on the system.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvw57164See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 152974
File Name: cisco-sa-capic-chvul-CKfGYBh8.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: remote
Family: CISCO
Published: 9/2/2021
Updated: 9/3/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1579
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-1579