CVE-2019-1776
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with a privilege level of root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command on the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.7 Medium
- Status
- Modified - psirt@cisco.com
- Published
- 2019-05-15
- Last modified
- 2024-11-20
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108377
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-cmdinj-1776
