9.8criticalCritical
CVE-2019-1971
Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software
A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2019-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-08-24
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software3.6.2 - 3.8.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.