Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application Centric Infrastructure Mode Shell Escape Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1591

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

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

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👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2019-1591?

A vulnerability in a specific CLI command implementation of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape a restricted shell on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input when issuing a specific CLI command with parameters on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device CLI and issuing certain commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability only affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switches that are running a release prior to 14.0(3d).

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Affected Version(s)

Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode 14.0(3d)

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107311
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

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    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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