Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:65083

Info

Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 65083
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-0676
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 22 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 24 2014 12:33AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Cisco NX-OS 5.2(1)
Cisco NX-OS 5.1(1)
Cisco NX-OS 5.0(3)
Cisco NX-OS 4.2(6)
Cisco NX-OS 4.2(5)
Cisco NX-OS 4.2(4)
Cisco NX-OS 4.2(3)
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Cisco NX-OS is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCum47367.

Exploit / POC

Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Attackers require local interactive access to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

References

Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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