Cisco NX-OS Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2011-2569)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502737

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly restrict command-line options, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCtf40008, CSCtg18363, CSCtr44645, CSCts10195, and CSCts10188.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502737

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2569

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2569

CWE: 264

Detections

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