Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root. Note: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
3.2(8d), 2.2(1o), 1.2(2h), 2.2(2i), 1.2(1k), 2.2(1k), 3.1(2m), 3.2(1m), 3.2(5e), 4.1(2m), 3.2(41d), 1.1(1o), 1.2(1m), 1.2(2j), 2.2(4r), 2.2(3j), 1.1(3f), 2.2(2f), 1.1(4m), 2.2(2k), 2.1(1i), 2.0(1p), 3.1(2p), 3.2(3s), 4.0(3c), 1.1(4e), 4.1(1k), 2.2(4f), 2.1(3h), 3.2(4d), and 192 more