Description
A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root privilege on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration of certain sudoers files for the bashroot component on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device with a crafted user ID, which may allow temporary administrative access to escalate privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This Vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0(1h)
Published: 2019-03-06
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-10142 A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root privilege on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration of certain sudoers files for the bashroot component on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device with a crafted user ID, which may allow temporary administrative access to escalate privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This Vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0(1h)
History

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software Nexus 92160yc-x Nexus 92304qc Nexus 9236c Nexus 9272q Nexus 93108tc-ex Nexus 93120tx Nexus 93128tx Nexus 93180yc-ex Nexus 9332pq Nexus 9336pq Aci Spine Nexus 9372px Nexus 9372tx Nexus 9396px Nexus 9396tx Nexus 9500 Nexus 9504 Nexus 9508 Nexus 9516 Nx-os
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-20T17:27:32.056Z

Reserved: 2018-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-1585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T18:20:28.365Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-06T21:29:00.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:36:51.620

Link: CVE-2019-1585

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