A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with the privilege level of root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command on the affected device. 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 Linux operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
References
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108370 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-cmdinj-1783 | Vendor Advisory |
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History
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Information
Published : 2019-05-15 20:29
Updated : 2024-02-04 20:20
NVD link : CVE-2019-1783
Mitre link : CVE-2019-1783
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-1783
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Products Affected
cisco
- nexus_5624q
- nexus_56128p
- nexus_5648q
- nexus_7000
- nexus_5548up
- nexus_6001
- nexus_5696q
- nexus_5548p
- nexus_7700
- nexus_5672up
- nx-os
- nexus_6004
- nexus_5596up
- nexus_5596t