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CVE-2021-1438

CVE-2021-1438 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain access to sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation and authorization of specific commands that a user can execute within the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and issuing a specific set of commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files that they originally did not have permissions to access.

EPSS 0.05% · 14.6th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.05%
14.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)*
ciscowide_area_application_services0

Timeline

  • May 6, 2021 CVE Published
  • May 7, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jul 10, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Sep 10, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Nov 11, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 15, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 16, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 18, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 17, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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