CVE-2019-1591

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-1591
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-06 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-08 19:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9000 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os All All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches CVE-2019-1591 Local Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application Centric Infrastructure Mode Shell Escape Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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