CVE-2019-12717 — OS Command Injection in Cisco Nx-os Software 5.0 A1

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco Nx-os Software 5.0 A1Cisco Nx-os
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability in a CLI command related to the virtualization manager (VMAN) in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific VMAN CLI command on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5cisco/cisco_nx-os_software_5.0_a1unspecified — n/a
▶NVDcisco/nx-os6.0\(2\) — 7.0\(3\)i7\(6\)+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xw9j-h8x5-jqmq: A vulnerability in a CLI command related to the virtualization manager (VMAN) in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Cisco NX-OS Software Virtualization Manager Command Injection Vulnerability↗2019-09-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco NX-OS Software Virtualization Manager Command Injection Vulnerability↗2019-09-25
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