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Cisco NX-OS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
high Nessus Plugin ID 131778
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco NX-OS Software is affected by a vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate lower-level privileges to the administrator level. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to make configuration changes to the system as administrator. (CVE-2019-1603)Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvj00330 and CSCvh24810See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b511bbd8
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-70757
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 131778
File Name: cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-privesc.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 12/9/2019
Updated: 12/10/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1603
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1603
BID: 107328