CVE-2017-12351

MEDIUM

Cisco NX-OS System Software - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the guest shell feature of Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read and send packets outside the scope of the guest shell container. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to perform this attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient internal security measures in the guest shell feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending or receiving packets on the device-internal network outside of the guest shell container, aka "Unauthorized Internal Interface Access." This vulnerability affects the following products running Cisco NX-OS System Software: Nexus 3000 Series Switches, Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode, Nexus 9500 R-Series Line Cards and Fabric Modules. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf33038.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.7
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-668
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os

Timeline

Published Nov 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026