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Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1608)
medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501315
Synopsis
The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches are affected in versions prior to 6.2(27), 8.1(1b), and 8.3(1). Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series Switches are affected in versions prior to 6.2(22), 7.3(3)D1(1), and 8.2(3).This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
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Solution
Refer to the vendor advisory.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 501315
Version: 1.2
Type: remote
Family: Tenable.ot
Published: 7/25/2023
Updated: 3/22/2024
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: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1608
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:7, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:6, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:8
Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1608
CWE: 88