CVE-2013-5556

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5556
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-18 03:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1a\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)vsg1\(1\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4a\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4b\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v 5.2\(1\)sm1\(5.1\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v All - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Alert Details - Security Center - Cisco Systems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco Security Notice: Cisco Nexus 1000V Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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