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)

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

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


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

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

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

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

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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