Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1584

6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

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

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2021-1584?

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a specific CLI command. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by performing a command injection attack on the vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.

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Affected Version(s)

Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6
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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