CVE-2019-1607

MEDIUM

Cisco NX-OS 8.0-8.2(3) - Authenticated Command Injection via CLI Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. 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 operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series Switches are affected in versions prior to 6.2(22), 7.3(3)D1(1), and 8.2(3).

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107393

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 36.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-88 CWE-77
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/nx-os 8.0 - 8.2\(3\)
Published Mar 08, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026