Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-1971

A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
Published 2019-08-08 08:15:13
Updated 2021-10-29 18:37:07
Source Cisco Systems, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validation

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1971

EPSS FAQ
0.20%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 56 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2019-1971

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
 NIST
8.1
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.2
5.9
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
9.8
 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2019-1971

  • 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)
  • The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
    Assigned by: ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2019-1971

Products affected by CVE-2019-1971

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