High severity · published Mar 6, 2019
CVE-2019-1585
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root privilege on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration of certain sudoers files for the bashroot component on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device with a crafted user ID, which may allow temporary administrative access to escalate privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This Vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0(1h)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CN
Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode · Cisco
before 4.0(1h) · source: vendor
AP
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software · Cisco
through 4.0\(1h\) · source: NVD
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
8.3(0)sk(0.39) · source: NVD
Affected product
CN
Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1585
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107312
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-controller-privsec
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