CVE-2021-1441 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco 1100 Series Industrial Integrated Services Routers and Cisco ESR6300 Embedded Series Routers. It allows an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials to execute unsigned code at boot time, bypassing secure boot. The vulnerability stems from incorrect validation in diagnostic scripts during hardware initialization. While the CVSS score is 6.7, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.15.1xbsCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.15.1xbs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.15.2xbsCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.15.2xbs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.9.1cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.9.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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