CVE-2017-12351

MEDIUM

Cisco NX-OS System Software - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102019
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039932

Scores

CVSS v3 5.7
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 26.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-668
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)i7\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 8.1\(0\)bd\(0.20\)
n/a/Cisco NX-OS Cisco NX-OS
Published Nov 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026