CVE-2021-1142 describes multiple critical vulnerabilities in the web UI of Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), these vulnerabilities are easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation in the wild, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness. Organizations using Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:smart_software_manager_satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.