CVE-2011-2569

Cisco NX-OS 4.2, 5.0 and Unified Computing System 1.4, 2.0 - Privilege Escalation via Command-Line Option Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly restrict command-line options, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCtf40008, CSCtg18363, CSCtr44645, CSCts10195, and CSCts10188.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 25.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (5)
cisco/nx-os 4.2
cisco/nx-os 5.0
cisco/unified_computing_system
cisco/unified_computing_system_infrastructure_and_unified_computing_system_software 1.4\(1j\)
cisco/unified_computing_system_infrastructure_and_unified_computing_system_software 2.0\(1q\)
Published Oct 27, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026