CVE-2019-1768

MEDIUM

Cisco NX-OS < 8.3(1) - Authenticated Command Injection via CLI Command Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of a specific CLI command for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to cause a buffer overflow condition or perform command injection. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a certain CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of the affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit these vulnerabilities.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108386

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0095
EPSS Percentile 56.8%
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 total

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/nx-os < 8.3\(1\)
Published May 16, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026