QID 317022

Date Published: 2021-08-26

QID 317022: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNU)

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device.

Affected Products
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode if they were running a vulnerable release of Cisco NX-OS Software and using the default configuration.

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
It checks for vulnerable version of Cisco NX-OS using show version Command.

A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.
    • Solution

    Customers are advised to refer to cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNU for more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 317022

    CVE-2021-1584 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNU URL Logo tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNU
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