High severity · published Mar 6, 2019
CVE-2019-1591
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application Centric Infrastructure Mode Shell Escape Vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in a specific CLI command implementation of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape a restricted shell on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input when issuing a specific CLI command with parameters on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device CLI and issuing certain commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability only affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switches that are running a release prior to 14.0(3d).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)0.5% · higher than 43% 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
14.0(3d) · source: vendor
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
before 14.0\(3d\) · 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-2019-1591
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1591
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107311
Patch
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-shell-escape
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