CVE-2021-1449
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-24 20:06
Modified
2024-11-08 23:34
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco Access Point Software Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ap-privesc-wEVfp8UdVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Aironet Access Point Software
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