Description
A vulnerability in the system file permission handling of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite critical system files, which could cause a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to a race condition with handling system files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by doing specific operations on the file system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite system files, which could lead to the device being in an inconsistent state and cause a DoS condition.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
Default version status: unknown
3.2(8d)affected3.2(1m)affected3.2(5e)affected4.1(2m)affected3.2(41d)affected3.2(3s)affected4.0(3c)affected4.1(1k)affected3.2(4d)affected4.2(2e)affected4.2(3j)affected4.2(3n)affected4.0(1h)affected4.1(1l)affected3.2(9f)affected4.2(3l)affected4.2(2g)affected3.2(7k)affected3.2(9b)affected3.2(3j)affected4.1(2u)affected4.2(1l)affected4.1(1a)affected4.0(3d)affected3.2(4e)affected4.1(1i)affected3.2(5f)affected3.2(1l)affected4.2(1i)affected4.1(2o)affected4.2(1g)affected4.1(2g)affected4.2(2f)affected3.2(6i)affected3.2(3i)affected3.2(3n)affected4.1(2x)affected3.2(5d)affected4.2(3q)affected4.1(1j)affected4.1(2w)affected3.2(2o)affected3.2(3r)affected4.0(2c)affected4.1(2s)affected3.2(7f)affected3.2(3o)affected3.2(2l)affected4.2(1j)affected4.2(4i)affected3.2(9h)affected5.0(1k)affected4.2(4k)affected5.0(1l)affected5.0(2e)affected4.2(4o)affected4.2(4p)affected5.0(2h)affected4.2(5k)affected4.2(5l)affected4.2(5n)affected5.1(1h)affected4.2(6d)affected5.1(2e)affected4.2(6g)affected4.2(6h)affected5.1(3e)affected3.2(10e)affected4.2(6l)affected4.2(7f)affected5.1(4c)affected4.2(6o)affected5.2(1g)affected5.2(2e)affected4.2(7l)affected3.2(10f)affected5.2(2f)affected5.2(2g)affected4.2(7q)affected5.2(2h)affected5.2(3f)affected5.2(3e)affected5.2(3g)affected4.2(7r)affected4.2(7s)affected5.2(4d)affected5.2(4e)affected4.2(7t)affected5.2(5d)affected3.2(10g)affected5.2(5c)affected6.0(1g)affected4.2(7u)affected5.2(5e)affected5.2(4f)affected5.2(6e)affected6.0(1j)affected5.2(6g)affected5.2(7f)affected4.2(7v)affected5.2(7g)affected6.0(2h)affected4.2(7w)affected5.2(6h)affected5.2(4h)affected5.2(8d)affected6.0(2j)affected5.2(8e)affected6.0(3d)affected6.0(3e)affected5.2(8f)affected5.2(8g)affected5.3(1d)affected5.2(8h)affected6.0(4c)affected5.3(2a)affected5.2(8i)affected6.0(5h)affected5.3(2b)affected6.0(3g)affected6.0(5j)affected5.3(2c)affected6.0(6c)affected6.1(1f)affected6.0(7e)affected5.3(2d)affected6.0(8d)affected5.3(2e)affected