CVE-2019-1791

Published at:
2019-05-15T21:29:03.303

Global infos:

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. 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 operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE Status: Modified

References:

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  • Metrics:

    AttributeValue
    Attack ComplexityLOW
    Attack VectorLOCAL
    Availability ImpactHIGH
    Base Score6.7
    Base SeverityMEDIUM
    Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
    Integrity ImpactHIGH
    Privileges RequiredHIGH
    ScopeUNCHANGED
    User InteractionNONE
    Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Exploitability Score0.8
    Impact Score5.9
    Source[email protected]
    TypePrimary

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