CVE-2019-1585

Summary

CVECVE-2019-1585
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-06 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:47:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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)

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-16

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software All All All All
Operating System Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software All All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9336pq Aci Spine - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9336pq Aci Spine - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9500 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9500 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9504 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9504 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9516 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9516 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3(0)sk(0.39) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3\(0\)sk\(0.39\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3\(0\)sk\(0.39\) All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switches CVE-2019-1585 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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