Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 1000v
CVE-2013-5556
The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Nexus 1000v — versions 4.2(1)sv1(5.1), 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4\), 4.2(1)sv1(5.1a)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x (Vendor Advisory)