6.7mediumMedium

CVE-2019-1972

Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software

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.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

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