CVE-2019-1972
MEDIUMCisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software 3.6.3-3.10.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via CLI Command
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability the Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) restricted CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator-level credentials to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190807-nfv-privescal
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
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-264
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/enterprise_network_function_virtualization_infrastructure
3.6.3 - 3.10.3
Published
Aug 08, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026