HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-1585

Adaptive Security Device Manager vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
20.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) Launcher could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's operating system. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper signature verification for specific code exchanged between the ASDM and the Launcher. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging a man-in-the-middle position on the network to intercept the traffic between the Launcher and the ASDM and then inject arbitrary code. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the user's operating system with the level of privileges assigned to the ASDM Launcher. A successful exploit may require the attacker to perform a social engineering attack to persuade the user to initiate communication from the Launcher to the ASDM.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Adaptive Security Device Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2021-07-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-1585

  • Confirm whether Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-1585.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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