Description
A vulnerability in the background operations functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges as root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied files on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the CLI of the affected device and creating a crafted file in a specific directory on the filesystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root on an affected device.
Published: 2019-05-03
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-10149 A vulnerability in the background operations functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges as root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied files on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the CLI of the affected device and creating a crafted file in a specific directory on the filesystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root on an affected device.
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 Nexus 9000 Nexus 92160yc-x Nexus 92300yc Nexus 92304qc Nexus 9236c Nexus 9272q Nexus 93108tc-ex Nexus 93108tc-fx Nexus 93120tx Nexus 93128tx Nexus 93180lc-ex Nexus 93180yc-ex Nexus 93180yc-fx Nexus 93240yc-fx2 Nexus 9332c Nexus 9332pq Nexus 9336c-fx2 Nexus 9336pq Nexus 9348gc-fxp Nexus 9364c Nexus 9372px Nexus 9372px-e Nexus 9372tx Nexus 9372tx-e Nexus 9396px Nexus 9396tx Nexus 9508 Nx-os
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-20T17:24:12.273Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-1592

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T18:20:28.310Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-03T15:29:00.650

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:36:52.580

Link: CVE-2019-1592

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