Cisco Packet Tracer on Windows uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Packet Tracer on Windows. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-1593. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Packet Tracer on Windows (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 08/05/2021 as cisco-sa-packettracer-dll-inj-Qv8Mk5Jx. It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-1593. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/13/2020 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-packettracer-dll-inj-Qv8Mk5Jx
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-1593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-1593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-180083

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2021 07:04
Updated: 08/08/2021 08:59
Changes: 08/05/2021 07:04 (37), 08/08/2021 08:57 (2), 08/08/2021 08:59 (1)
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