CVE-2019-1782
MEDIUMCisco FXOS and NX-OS - Authenticated Command Injection via CLI Argument
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This 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 administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-fxos-nxos-cmdinj-1781-1782
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108407
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
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-88
CWE-77
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/fx-os
< 2.2.2.91
cisco/nx-os
< 4.0\(1a\)
Published
May 15, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026