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Cisco NX-OS Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-2015-4234)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502762

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 6.0(2) and 6.2(2) on Nexus devices has an improper OS configuration, which allows local users to obtain root access via unspecified input to the Python interpreter, aka Bug IDs CSCun02887, CSCur00115, and CSCur00127.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39571

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75502

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032765

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502762

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4234

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:6.2%282%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:6.0%282%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4234

CWE: 264