CVE-2021-1577 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cloud APIC, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files due to improper access control via a specific API endpoint. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability presents a high risk as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of file integrity and confidentiality. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2\(10e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 4.2\(6h\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0, < 5.1\(3e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2\(10e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 4.2\(6h\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:N
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.