Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1583

4.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Nx-os System Software In Aci Mode
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 August 2021

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A vulnerability in the fabric infrastructure file system access control of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper access control. An attacker with Administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific vulnerable command on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the file system of the affected device.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
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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