CVE-2019-1728 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Cisco Nx-os Software
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 15
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A vulnerability in the Secure Configuration Validation functionality of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary commands at system boot time with the privileges of root. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper validation of system files when the persistent configuration information is read from the file system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and overwriting the persistent configu…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9