Cisco Nexus 1000V CVE-2013-5556 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:63732

Info

Cisco Nexus 1000V CVE-2013-5556 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 63732
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-5556
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 14 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 19 2013 12:46AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Cisco Nexus 1000V 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco Nexus 1000V CVE-2013-5556 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Cisco Nexus 1000V is prone to a local arbitrary command-execution vulnerability.

Local authenticated attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco bug ID CSCui21340.

Exploit / POC

Cisco Nexus 1000V CVE-2013-5556 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Attackers require local interactive access to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Cisco Nexus 1000V CVE-2013-5556 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Cisco Nexus 1000V CVE-2013-5556 Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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