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Cisco NX-OS Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2016-1341)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502709

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 7.0(1)N1(1), 7.0(1)N1(3), and 7.0(4)N1(1) on Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender devices has a blank root password, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCur22079.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?eb8814fb

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035088

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 502709

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 12/4/2024

Updated: 12/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1341

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:7.0%281%29n1%281%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:7.0%281%29n1%283%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:7.0%284%29n1%281%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1341

CWE: 255, 264