Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1585

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Nx-os Software For Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Aci Mode
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 March 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

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)

Affected Version(s)

Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode < 4.0(1h)

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107312
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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