Path Traversal in Cisco Nx-Os

CVE-2013-6975

Directory traversal vulnerability in the command-line interface in Cisco NX-OS 6.2(2a) and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary files via unspecified input, aka Bug ID CSCul05217.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2014-05-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Nx-Os — versions 6.1\(1\), 6.0(1), 6.1\(2\)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x (Vendor Advisory)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6975 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/67426 (vdb-entry)