cve-2021-1593
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-04 17:20
Modified
2024-11-07 22:04
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco Packet Tracer for Windows DLL Injection Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-packettracer-dll-inj-Qv8Mk5JxVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Packet Tracer
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