Medium severity · published May 6, 2021
CVE-2021-1520
A vulnerability in the internal message processing of Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run…
6.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the internal message processing of Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). This vulnerability exists because an internal messaging service does not properly sanitize input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by first authenticating to the device and then sending a crafted request to the internal service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying OS. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid Administrator credentials for the device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
Rv340 Firmware · Cisco
before 1.0.03.21 · source: NVD
RF
Rv340w Firmware · Cisco
before 1.0.03.21 · source: NVD
RF
Rv345 Firmware · Cisco
before 1.0.03.21 · source: NVD
RF
Rv345p Firmware · Cisco
before 1.0.03.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1520
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1520
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-rv-34x-privesc-GLN8ZAQE
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