CVE-2021-1359
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-07-08 18:35
Modified
2024-11-07 22:07
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-scr-web-priv-esc-k3HCGJZVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)
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