CVE-2019-1592 : A vulnerability in the background operations functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 S

A vulnerability in the background operations functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges as root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied files on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the CLI of the affected device and creating a crafted file in a specific directory on the filesystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root on an affected device.

Published 2019-05-03 15:29:01

Updated 2020-10-16 16:03:40

Source Cisco Systems, Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Input validation

Products affected by CVE-2019-1592

Cisco » Nx-os » Version: 14.1(0.90)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.1\(0.90\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
When used together with: Cisco » Nexus 9000 » Version: N/A
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When used together with: Cisco » Nexus 9364c » Version: N/A
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When used together with: Cisco » Nexus 9396px » Version: N/A
When used together with: Cisco » Nexus 9396tx » Version: N/A
When used together with: Cisco » Nexus 9508 » Version: N/A

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1592

EPSS FAQ

0.23%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 44 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2019-1592

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
7.2	HIGH	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	3.9	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	Cisco Systems, Inc.
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE ids for CVE-2019-1592

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CWE-264

Assigned by: ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2019-1592

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-hw-clock-util

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Products affected by CVE-2019-1592

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1592

CVSS scores for CVE-2019-1592

CWE ids for CVE-2019-1592

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