CVE-2019-1966

HIGH

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Software - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Local Management CLI Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in a specific CLI command within the local management (local-mgmt) context for Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges as the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to extraneous subcommand options present for a specific CLI command within the local-mgmt context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device, entering the local-mgmt context, and issuing a specific CLI command and submitting user input. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root on an affected device. The attacker would need to have valid user credentials for the device.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 27.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/nx-os 4.0
cisco/nx-os < 3.2
cisco/unified_computing_system 3.2\(3b\)a
cisco/unified_computing_system 4.0\(1a\)a
Published Aug 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026