CVE-2019-1592

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-1592
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-05-03T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-16T16:03:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.1\(0.90\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_92160yc-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_92300yc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_92304qc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9236c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9272q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93108tc-ex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93108tc-fx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93120tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93128tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93180lc-ex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93180yc-ex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93180yc-fx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93240yc-fx2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9332c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9332pq:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9336c-fx2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9336pq:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9348gc-fxp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9364c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9372px:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9372px-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9372tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9372tx-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9396px:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9396tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9508:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-hw-clock-util Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1592
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1592
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:07:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 20:19:44 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-03 20:19:44 2019-05-03T15:29Z 2019-05-03T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 20:19:45 2020-10-16T16:03:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 20:19:45 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated