6.7Medium

Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software

CVE-2019-1972

A vulnerability the Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) restricted CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator-level credentials to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
6.7 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-264
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2019-08-08
Last modified
2026-08-24
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software3.6.3 - 3.10.3

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References